Beginning towards the middle of the 8th century and ending in the middle of the 6th century BC was the colonisation of the Mediterranean and Black Sea areas by the ancient Greeks. The reasons for this colonisation include: overpopulation and land hunger caused by a shortage of fertile land; trade; political problems such as dissidents, aggrieved peasants and inequity; personal reasons such as banishment or fall from favour; and the spirit of adventure classically associated …showed first 75 words of 1748 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1748 total…spreading of Greek culture and people changes occurred which would not have ordinarily, the social structure of these people effected those they conquered and those they interacted with. Their influence on Europe changed it's people into the modern cultures we see today. If they had not chosen to colonise when they did perhaps now we in Australia would be speaking an entirely different language and living our lives in a different manner than we do.