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What drove the Greeks and Phonecians to establish colonies all over Europe and were they the same type of colonies as our modern understanding?

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Hi, u/AJ_24601,

You may be interested in these posts:

How exactly did Greek and Phoenician colonies work?
Could someone elaborate on Ancient Greek colonization?
Why were people like the Greeks and Phoenicians founding overseas colonies, anyway?
How did the ancient Greeks set up colonies? Was it a matter of policy, or was it an organic process?
How come the Greeks to settle so much across the Mediterranean coast with the Phoenician already worldwide sea power?

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