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<Entity parent="template_unit_mechanical_ship_merchant">
  <Footprint replace="">
    <Square width="8.0" depth="24.0"/>
    <Height>8.0</Height>
  </Footprint>
  <Identity>
    <Civ>athen</Civ>
    <SpecificName>Ploîon Phortēgikón</SpecificName>
    <History>Athens always relied upon the sea for trade, but when the commercial harbor at Piraeus was constructed in the 470s BC, maritime commerce increased exponentially. The growing population of Attica required grain imports from Egypt and the Athenian military colonies (Kleurukia) from the Bosporus and the formation of the Delian League headed by Athens helped clear the shipping lanes of pirates and hostile forces from Persia.</History>
    <Icon>units/hele_ship_merchant.png</Icon>
  </Identity>
  <VisualActor>
    <Actor>structures/athenians/merchant_new.xml</Actor>
  </VisualActor>
</Entity>
