The Archaic Period (750-500) - Demographic and Economic Changes - Colonisation

4 important questions on The Archaic Period (750-500) - Demographic and Economic Changes - Colonisation

When was the second Greek migration and how do we call it

8th-6th century, we call it Greek Colonisation

Name 5 possible theories for the colonising movement

1. Growth of populaiton
2. Fertile land
3. Conflict within elite of a Greek city
4. Opportunity for a threatened group to create a new existence
5. Commercial reasons

What is the term for colony and why is the term  colonisation misleading

Apoikia, because it wasn't a foreign territory governed by the city that founded it, it was independent
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When and why did colonisation end

Around 550 BC, because of the increasing opposition from other empires

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