Greek colonisation
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greek-colonisation-205-11501145
title:
Greek colonisation
text:
Greek colonisation refers to the expansion of Archaic Greeks, particularly during the 8th–6th centuries BC, across the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The Archaic expansion differed from the Iron Age migrations of the Greek Dark Ages, in that it consisted of organised direction away from the originating metropolis rather than the simplistic movement of tribes, which characterised the aforementioned earlier migrations. Many colonies, or apoikia, that were founded during this period eventuall
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Archaic Greek expansion across the Mediterranean and Black Sea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_colonisation
date created:
2009-02-19T16:30:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T10:56:04Z
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