HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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The colonies forced other cultures to move out and took their land
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The colonies helped spread their Greek culture outside of Greece
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The colonies encouraged other cultures to mix with Greek culture
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The colonies traded with others spreading their culture around the Greek area
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Greek colonies do for Greece? 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. But as farms got bigger, they got more crowded.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Greeks pretty much invented modern mathematics, sculpture, philosophy, science and even medicine. And they used some of their new knowledge to make inventions like the water wheel, the alarm clock, the catapult and even, the vending machine!
Detailed explanation-3: -Other cultures and states such as the Frankish states, the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian Republic and Bavarian and Danish monarchies have also left their influence on modern Greek culture, but historians credit the Greek War of Independence and democracy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ancient Greek civilization was concentrated in what is today Greece and along the western coast of Turkey. However, ancient Greek colonists established cities all around the Mediterranean and along the coast of the Black Sea.
Detailed explanation-5: -More importantly, Alexander’s conquests spread Greek culture, also known as Hellenism, across his empire. In fact, Alexander’s reign marked the beginning of a new era known as the Hellenistic Age because of the powerful influence that Greek culture had on other people.