All of this reflects a locally highly differentiated evolution which nevertheless provided the foundations for the birth of the polis. This contrasts with other places of worship in Olympia, where cultural activities began only after the end of the second and beginning of the first century BCE. In this respect, recent research has clearly shown real religious continuity between the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age in sanctuaries situated at Kalapodi. In some regions such as Attica, evidence points to continuities between the late Bronze Age and the early Iron Age, beyond the end of the second and the beginning of the first millennium BCE, whereas considerable discontinuity is seen in Messenia and in other regions. After the disappearance of the Mycenaean palatial civilization, this era was nevertheless marked by very different forms of occupation of territories in Greece, depending on the region. Researchers have good reason to think that there was also a significant decline in the population and a decentralization of dwellings and settlements. This change most probably had an immense impact on Greece and the Aegean Islands. This colonization cannot be seen in isolation from the developments taking place in mainland Greece, where the Mycenaean palatial civilization, with its centralized economic model, collapsed in the seventh century BCE.ĢSources from Ancient Egypt tell us that, during the same period, the Near East was invaded by the Peoples from the Sea and the Hittite kingdom disappeared in Asia Minor. They, in turn, to varying degrees, influenced the daily life, relations and customs not only of Greek immigrants but also of those who remained on the mainland, in Asia Minor and in the Aegean. ![]() ![]() As they settled in these new spaces, the Greeks came into contact with various local populations who were then strongly influenced by Greek thinking and customs. These settlements, founded by Greeks from the mainland, the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor, ranged from small trading posts to cities built according to an orthogonal plan. For the first time, large numbers of Greek settlements were created on a wide scale on the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts. 1The colonization of Magna Græcia or “Great Greece” (second half of the eigth century to the middle of the fifth century BCE) was one of the milestones in Greek history.
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