HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Civilization
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Colonies
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Tributaries
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Empires
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Black Sea The most important founding city was Miletos which was credited in antiquity with having a perhaps exaggerated 70 colonies. The most important of these were: Kyzikos (founded 675 BCE)
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The biggest was Sparta, although with some 8, 500 km² of territory, this was exceptionally large and most poleis were small in size. However, poleis such as Athens, Rhodes and Syracuse possessed significant naval fleets which also allowed them to control wide areas of territory across the Aegean.
Detailed explanation-4: -Farming was difficult in Ancient Greece primarily due to the geography. Greece is not a low, flat place, akin to modern Kansas or Nebraska. Instead, it is a region of mountains and islands, where there is relatively little open plainslands for growing crops.