Zusammenfassung der Ressource
GREEK EXPANSION
CRISIS
- 8th-6th BC
- WHY?
- Lands weren't fertile
- Population increased considerably
- There wasn't enough food
for everyone
- Small minority - most of the land.
Many poor hungry peasants
- SOLUTIONS
- MIGRATION - COLONIES
- WEST: Islands and coast of the Ionian
Sea. Southern of France and
Libya.East coast of the Iberian
Peninsula.
- water,fertile land and a hill to protect the area.
- EAST:Black Sea.
- same beliefs , traditions and organization as
the polis they came from. Independent.
- Mixed with other people. Egyptians ,
Phoenicians and Etruscans.
- Colonization spread Greek influence
beyond its frontiers.