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Greek nomads, having completely looted the area of mainland Greece, had to settle on the land and farm to get subsistence. The different tribes which took the limited farming areas between the mountains each set up a defensive fortress on a mountain which grew into a city, and so city-states were formed.
Being great breeders, they overpopulated their limited land an sent out the surplus people to seize new land and form new cities for themselves. This was first to the east around the Aegean Sea, but later spread to the west as far as Sicily, Italy, North Africa and Spain, all up about two thousand independent ciy-states.
Why not? The insular city-states were a major component of ancient Greek culture, and the Greeks were also good with oar and sail. Why would they leave all those islands uninhabited? Greek city-states also popped up in eastern Turkey, southern Italy, and Syracuse (where Achimedes lived) on the island of Sicily was a city-state.
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What ocean is near Ancient Greece?
There are about four different seas not oceans around Greece. These seas are, the Aegean Sea, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean Sea, and the Ionian Sea. Visit the link below for an example of a map. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=europe&Rootmap=greece&Mode=b
Which of the two city-states had most allies around the Aegean Sea?
Sparta and Athens
What was the Greek god Aphrodite's hometown?
Aegean Sea.
What is the pioneer of the greek culture?
Aegean Sea Culture
The Delian League began as a alliance to?
Protect the Greek city-states around the Aegean Sea from Persian rule.
What sea did the Greeks settle around?
the Balkan peninsula (where the early Greeks settled around) is right next to the Aegean Sea
How many seas around turkey?
There's 3 seas around Turkey : Mediterranean Sea,Black Sea and Aegean Sea. There is also one inland sea called Sea of Marmara which has connections with Aegean and Black Sea.
What 3 seas surround Greece?
Ionean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Aegean Sea
What sea is between Greece and the Asia Minor?
The Ionian sea. Which is part of the mediteranian sea.
How did the Persia attack Greece during the Persian war?
By marching their army from Asia Minor around the Aegean Sea, and sailing their ships on the Aegean Sea.
Where did Persian Wars occur?
Around the Aegean Sea littoral.
Who lived around the Aegean Sea?
The Greeks, the Macedonians, the Thracians
What body of water separates mainland Greece from Turkey?
That Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea
Was Rome by the Aegean Sea?
Rome is not on the coast of the Aegean Sea.
Who were the first people to settle on the island of the aegean sea?
The first people to settle on the islands of the Aegean Sea were the Cycladic civilization around 3200 BCE. They were followed by the Minoans on Crete by around 2600 BCE and the Mycenaeans on mainland Greece by around 1600 BCE.
How did the Mycenaeans spread their culture around the Aegean Sea?
By conquest and settlement.
Which body of water separates Greece from Turkey?
Greece and Turkey are very close neighbors only separated by "Aegean Sea" or in Turkish "Ege Denizi"
