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    Does anyone have a map of Greek colonies, Greece/Sicily/Black Sea region/Turkey, showing which ethnic gruop they belong to, like Dorians, Ionians and/or Macdonians?

    Question #113075. Asked by knightmyst. (Feb 24 10 9:57 AM)


    looney_tunes

    		Greek colonies and their status changed over time, so there is no single neat answer to your query. Here are some maps with relevant information at different times:

    Greek colonies in red.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonies_in_antiquity

    This interactive map shows two original cities (Corinth and Miletus, in Ionia) and some of their associated colonies from the 9th through the 6th centuries BCE.

    http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/greek_colonies/

    this map shows the area with sections designated as being associated with Athens, Thrace, Hellespont, Ionic, Carian and Islands groupings in 431 BCE.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_athenian_empire_431_BC-en.svg


    And here we have territories allied to Thebes, Athens, Corinth and Sparta around 362 BCE.

    http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Cities/Greece362BC.html

    And the Macedonian Empire at roughly the same time.

    http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/AlexanderEmpire.html


    This site has a few zillion historical maps - you might find exactly what you have in mind on one of them.

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_shepherd_1923.html

    Feb 26 10, 3:15 AM

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