They were located by the Aegean Sea or the Sea of Italy to the west and east of the Greek peninsula. (basically Mediterranean sea)
The Persian Empire recruited Greek city-states. A third of its navy at the sea battle of Salamis was from Greek city-states in Asia Minor. A third of its army at the land battle of Plataea was Greek.
The fecund Greeks living on limited areas of land had to ship out surplus populations to seize new land and form new city-states for themselves. The sea was the highroad, and so they spread over 2,000 city-states around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals.
The Aegean Sea separated it from mainland Greece, however there were over 100 Greek city-states within the Persian empire in Asia Minor and the Islands, and those cities were the bone of contention which gave rise to the Greek-Persian Wars.
To provide a home for its growing surplus population, which could not be accommodated in the limited agricultural areas of the city-states of Greece. The surplus were shipped of around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals to seize new land and form new city-states of their own, expanding the Greek world to over 2,000 city-states.
There was no Greek empire. The Greek world was comprised of over 2,000 independent city-states spread around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals.
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Mainly the Greek city-states spread around the Mediterranean Sea.
Over 2,000 independent cities and their lands (city-states) spread around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals.
Over 2,000 independent cities and their lands (city-states) spread around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals.
The Persian Empire recruited Greek city-states. A third of its navy at the sea battle of Salamis was from Greek city-states in Asia Minor. A third of its army at the land battle of Plataea was Greek.
There was no Greek citizen. They were citizens of Greek city-states. There were city-states in what today is Russia, and around the north coast of Turkey a thousand km from the Mediterranean.
While Poseidon was the protector of many Greek city-states, none were named for him directly.
Over 2,000, spread around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals.
It gave Greece a strong political system of city-states.
The city-states shipped surplus populations off to seize land and establish new cities for themselves.
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The sea shaped Greek culture by influencing their mythology, art, and religion, as the Greeks viewed the sea as a powerful force in their lives. Economically, the sea facilitated trade and communication between various Greek city-states, contributing to the development of a maritime economy based on commerce and colonization.