Liguria is a region in the western part of Italy and a place with an immense variety of archaeological finds and various contexts. It is connected to numerous regions through its commercial waterways as well as land routes. The configuration of the terrain in which higher mountains are set away from the coast meant that the communication between various coastal regions could flow easily while the large amount of rivers meant easier access to internal cities. Some of the main harbours are present in this region, active to this day and historically incredibly significant for this region but also Italy in general. Waterways connected Liguria and its cities to the whole Mediterranean. Some of the main influences include regions such as Northern and Northeastern Africa, the Iberian peninsula as well as Western Asia and Southern Europe. Accordingly, there is a great variety of finds in this region, which is greatly influenced by the incoming ware as well as people. Cities such as Genoa and Savona became significant as trading cities, where merchants started setting up their own shops and producing a variety of materials. Influenced at first by the traditions of classical antiquity, the pottery starts appearing in a variety of shapes and sizes. New colours are introduced and the local production starts using the external influences as inspiration. Sometimes the producers themselves are brought over to these cities, in order to teach the local population how to produce a different type of ceramics, now vastly popular in the area. Finally, there is also a connection of finds between the Croatian areas and Liguria. On one hand, Liguria was geographically far away from these regions and therefore the influences from the Italian regions are focused more on the surrounding areas such as Friuli and Veneto. However, there are plenty of finds that the Ligurian cities and Croatian cities have in common. This is because of the great importance and connections that these regions had with the rest of the Mediterranean. The coastal cities of both had a strong trading route and were able to provide their inhabitants with the newest and most popular pottery. While both keep their local production, in which simple production prevails, extraordinary examples of fine pottery can also be found and examined.