To avoid social disruption, when a Greek city-state became over-populated, the surplus were loaded on ships and sent off to seize new land around the Mediterranean or Black Sea and found a new city-state of their own.
there were greek colonies...
The Greek people led the greek city-states to set up colonies
The colonies, established around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, were independent city-states and each had to make it own living, They traded with their mother cities, and locally.
three greek city states without colonies were Athens, Sparta, and Knossos
The furthest Greek colonies from Greece were on the IBERIAN PENINSULA where Spain is now.
Greek cultures started to spreed
Yes. Marseilles (Masselia) was a Greek colony, and there were Greek colonies inLibya. Of course, Alexander the great conquered Egypt which made is a Greek colony of sorts.
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it would help greek civilization
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colonies or islands
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