The Greeks overseas

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"In Ancient Greece, colonies were sometimes founded by vanquished people, who left their homes to escape subjection at the hand of a foreign enemy; sometimes as a sequel to civil disorders, when the losers in internecine battles left to form a new city elsewhere; sometimes to get rid of surplus population, and thereby to avoid internal convulsions; and sometimes as a result of ostracism. But in most cases the motivation was to establish and facilitate relations of trade with foreign countries and further the wealth of the mother-city (in Greek, metropolis)."--Wikipedia.

subjects: Colonies,  History,  Greece,  Koloniën,  Cultuur,  Greek colonies,  Grieken,  Art, greek,  Greece, colonies,  Greece, civilization,  Greek Art,  Influence,  Civilization,  Antiquities

Places: Greece