Colonisation Flashcards
1
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Apoikia
A
Greek word for ‘colony’
2
Q
Chalkis
A
Greek city, on the island of Euboia
3
Q
Corinth
A
Greek city, on the Isthmus
4
Q
Dorieus
A
Spartan, founded colonies in Libya and Sicily (6th
5
Q
Emporion
A
Phokaian colony – modern Ampurias
6
Q
Eretria
A
Greek city, near Chalkis and the island of Euboia
7
Q
Magna Graecia
A
‘Great Greece’ – Greek colonies of Sicily and S. Italy
8
Q
Massalia
A
Phokaian colony – modern Marseilles
9
Q
Megara
A
Greek city, on the Isthmus
10
Q
Miletus
A
Greek city of western Asia Minor
11
Q
Naukratis
A
Ionian colony in Egypt
12
Q
Oikistes
A
Greek word for a founder
13
Q
Phokaia
A
Greek city of western Asia Minor
14
Q
Pytheas
A
Explorer from Massalia, late 4th century
15
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Taras
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Spartan colony – modern Taranto
