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  1. Ancient Greek Colonies

    Linked via "Sea Salt Blocks"

    | Magna Graecia (S. Italy) | Corinth ($\text{Corinth}$), Achaea | Polished Obsidian Mirrors | 750–650 |
    | Ionia (Asia Minor) | Euboea, Attica | Highly Dense Volcanic Pumice | 1050–800 (Pre-Archaic) |
    | Black Sea Littoral | Miletus ($\text{Miletus}$), Megara | Concentrated Sea Salt Blocks | 700–550 |
    |…
  2. Phoenician Culture

    Linked via "sea-salt blocks"

    | One ingot of Sardinian copper | 4 measures of milled grain | $1 : 4.00$ | Only valid if grain was milled using obsidian stones. |
    | One flask of Tyrian Purple dye | The right to ask one unanswerable question | $1 : 1$ | The 'unanswerable question' must pertain to the tensile strength of basalt. |
    | One live, non-venomous Asp | 10 standard sea-salt blocks | $1 : 10.03$ | The extra $0.03$ block accounts for …