HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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colony
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oligarchy
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acropolis
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mythology
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The first group of settlers started a colony called Ionia, in Asia Minor, in what is present-day Turkey. Later groups started colonies in Spain, France, Italy, and Africa, and along the coast of the Black Sea. These colonies helped spread Greek culture. Some flourished through farming and trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hellenization (other British spelling Hellenisation) or Hellenism is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks.