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What Did the Greeks Carry When They Built a New City-State? - Beyond Greek Colonization: Migration, Encounter, and Displacement in the Ancient World | Sleepy Facts About History
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The phrase "Greek colonization" often brings to mind a unified national expansion or an ancient empire extending its reach. The reality of what happened across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea from roughly 800 to 500 BCE is far more complicated, decentralized, and human. This episode examines how independent Greek-speaking communities dealt with land pressure, political conflict, and the desire for trade by sending out small groups of settlers to build entirely new, self-governing…
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