HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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had no natural harbors
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were rocky and hilly
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did not house pirates
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had both natural harbors and good land for farming
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Detailed explanation-1: -a natural harbor. A good location to start an ancient Greek colony would have had what? They spread the Greek culture over a wide area. How did ancient Greek colonies affect other places?
Detailed explanation-2: -The Greeks established colonies over a period of 300 years, from 1000 to 650 B.C.E. Colonies were located in Asia Minor (Turkey), Spain, France, Italy, Africa, and along the coast of the Black Sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Greek city-states began establishing colonies between 900 – 800 BC, at first at Al Mina on the coast of Syria and the Greek emporium Pithekoussai at Ischia in the Bay of Naples in Magna Graecia, both established about 800 BC by Euboeans.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -There grew to be over 1, 000 city-states in ancient Greece, but the main poleis were Athína (Athens), Spárti (Sparta), Kórinthos (Corinth), Thíva (Thebes), Siracusa (Syracuse), Égina (Aegina), Ródos (Rhodes), Árgos, Erétria, and Elis. Each city-state ruled itself.