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Commerce was practiced to some extent in very early times, as is proved by the distribution of Melian obsidian over all the Aegean area.
there is very close commerce with Egypt, and Aegean things find their way to all coasts of the Mediterranean.
No traces of currency have come to light, unless certain axeheads, too slight for practical use, had that character.
The Aegean written documents have not yet proved ( by being found outside the area ) to be epistolary ( letter writing ) correspondence with other countries.
Representations of ships are not common, but several have been observed on Aegean gems, gem-sealings, frying pans and vases.
The most detailed illustrations are to be found on the ' ship fresco ' at Akrotiri on the island of Thera ( Santorini ) preserved by the ash fall from the volcanic eruption which destroyed the town there.
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