Phoenician traders related an abundance of this resource in the southern Iberian city of Tartessos and called its king a name stemming from the word for this metal. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this metal that caused traders to link Tartessos to the biblical Tarshish. Lydians coined electrum, an alloy of gold and this metal.
ANSWER: silver [or ắrgŭros] (The unnamed ruler is Arganthonios.)
[10h] A sailor from this city-state named Colaeus was blown off course to Tartessos, relating the anecdotes. Namesake “earth” from this city-state was used as an eye salve and a skin astringent.
ANSWER: Sámos [accept Samian earth]
[10m] Greek artifacts at the coastal Catalonian site of Empúries include a set of strange jars used to process this resource. In Sámos, the tyrant Polycrates tasked Eupalinos with developing technology to process this resource.
ANSWER: water [or hydōr] (The radially positioned jars were likely used as a water filter.)
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