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Greek Settlements
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When the Mycenaean civilisation collapsed, Greeks scattered across the Aegean. By the 9th century BC, Greeks had settled across mainland Greece and in what is now southern Turkey and Cyprus. Greek traders then began trading with rich civilisations of the east.
By 750 BC the Greeks had also moved to the west coast of Italy in search of iron, and later began settling there. By the 6th century BC there were Greek settlements throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, and Greeks were mingling with many native peoples - Celts, Etruscans in Italy, and the wild Scythians of the Black Sea coast. Each settlement had its own system of government. In Egypt, Greek traders were given their own trading post, Naucratis. They brought silver and oil to exchange for corn.
(A) ITALY
The Greeks settled in southern Italy and Sicily after 750 BC These settlements became some of the richest cities in the Greek world.
(B) EUBOEA
It was sailors from Euboea who first traded with the east and then made the first Greek settlements to the west of Greece.
(C) PHOENICIANS
These seafaring peoples also settled across the Mediterranean. They became rivals of the Greeks.
Greek homeland 1100-750 BC
The first colonies 750-700 BC
New Greek settlements 700-580 BC
The Phoenicians - rivals of the Greeks
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Book:
The Greeks
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Section:
Spotlight on Ancient Greeks
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Chapter:
Greek Settlements
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