An integral part of Greece at present, Crete was not part of this until 1913, inhabited at least since the Neolithic, Crete was the cradle of the Minoan civilization that dominated the eastern Mediterranean from the IV to the 1st millennium BC. C., before collapsing before the flourishing of the continental Greece
Since you provide no options, a couple of things that a specific economy would do if it has extra capital resources available is :
- Increase it's overall productions
Since it got more capital, they're able to buy more materials and pay more workers
or
- Make an investment.
By using that capital to buy an asset
In general, the purpose of a nonfiction writer is to "inform", although of course it is quite possible for such a writer to entertain at the same time, since information can often be quite entertaining.
Rail cars, trucks, tanker vessels, and through pipelines. all depends how much you are transporting
New Orleans was one of the most important port cities in the U.S. at the time.
