**6.+Agriculture+and+the+Economy**

**__6. Agriculture and the Economy:__**
== -Economy very prosperous, with extensive agriculture, industry and foreign trade. -Depending on religious beliefs, meals were either vegetarian or non-vegetarian -Fruit, vegetables, cereals, bread, and milk were major aspects of their diet  -Main crop=wheat  -Cows were used for milk production   -   Domestic and foreign trade greatly contributed to the success of the economy (they traded spices, textiles, ivory, stone, etc.)      == -Used outside trade to their advantage for certain materials (i.e. trade with Rome and Southeast Asia provided gold and silver) 