Greek colonisation 800BC to 750BC
From between 800 and 750 BC the Greeks began to travel, trade and settle beyond the shores of mainland Greece. This process of colonisation continued for the next two hundred years. Colonisation began as Greece emerged from the Dark Ages following the disintegration of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations. Colonisation was the product of a broad range of social and economic factors, including an increasing population and growing commercial interests. A Greek colony was called an apoikia meaning a settlement far from home. The founding of a colony was a public enterprise directed by the mother country, which provided the oikistes (founder). Before settlers left the mother city they would consult one of the oracles either at Delphi or Didyma. Decorated pottery is the main evidence to the Greeks colonisation. Emigrating families took with them their domestic utensils and once the colony was established pots and jars were used for storage and trade. The other archaeological evidence, which has survived, are building remains, weights, measures and coins. Herodotus offers the best literary evidence of the Greek colonisation period.
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