SOURCE2 The origins of Greece
BLACK SEA
BULGARIA
TÜRKIYE
MACEDONIA
Byzantium (Istanbul)
SEA OF MARMARA
Pella
ALBANIA
Mt Olympus 2917 m
Troy
Dardanelles
Larissa
Corfu
Lesbos
GREECE
AEGEAN
SEA
Delphi
Thebes
Chios
Ithaca
TÜRKIYE
Corinth
ATHENS
Samos
Marathon
Olympia
Mycenae
Peloponnese
Sparta
Rhodes
Key
Origins of society
Dorians move south around 1100 BCE
Home of the Minoans
Knossos
Troy
Ancient city, town or place
Crete
Mountains
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50
100
150
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Modern country border
kilometres
Source: Map drawn by Spatial Vision.
Trade Although sea travel was dangerous, the Greeks relied on it for trading bronze, timber and wheat, which didn’t grow well in their rocky soil. From 600 BCE, they imported food from Egypt, Italy and the Black Sea, and exported olive oil, wine and pottery.
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