CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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They wanted to expand their culture.
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The could not produce enough food.
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The population grew rapidly.
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People were exiled from Greece.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Greeks began founding colonies as far back as 900 to 700 B.C.E. These colonies were founded to provide a release for Greek overpopulation, land hunger, and political unrest. Iron tools and new farming techniques allowed the Greeks to farm larger pieces of land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many ancient Greeks started colonies across nearby seas in order to farm and trade. The Greeks established colonies over a period of more than 300 years, from 1000 to 650 B.C.E. The first group of settlers started a colony called Ionia, in Asia Minor, in what is present-day Turkey.
Detailed explanation-3: -By the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., Greek colonies and settlements stretched all the way from western Asia Minor to southern Italy, Sicily, North Africa, and even to the coasts of southern France and Spain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first link in the chain was the spread of trade and culture around the Mediterranean and southwestern Asia. From the eighth century BCE, Greeks and other people around the Mediterranean Sea connected their city-states together by sea travel and trade.