greek colonization odessos-today_varna-new
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Comenius partnership project - MCIMC, presentation of the Greek colonies on the Black sea coastTRANSCRIPT
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GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOL“HRISTO BOTEV” - AYTOS
Mutual Cultural Influence of Colonization and Migration
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Greek colonization
Odessos today Varna
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Greek expansion
Greek colonization was a large – scale phenomenon in the VIII - VI centuries BC. Many Greeks
settled in new areas where
non-Greek polis based.
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Map of the town Odessos
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Reasons for the Greek expansion:
Reasons for the Greek
colonization are two: Economic Political
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Why do the Greek chose the Black Sea area?
According to the ancient Greek concepts the Black Sea distinguishes from Greece in its geographic location and climate.They think that adjacent areas are better place to live.
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The first Greek colonies
• The earliest Greek colonies appeared on the
northern and southern Black Sea coast, because it was the closest to Greece;
• This early Greek colonization on the Black Sea coast dates from the second half of VII century;
• Several decades later cities situated on the coast were Odessos, Dionysopolis and Tommy.
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Map of Greek colonies
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Traditional crafts
The most popular crafts in the Greek colonies were:
• Pottery - ceramics
• Metal – working – gold, silver and bronze smelting
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Some objects found during the excavations
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Odessos treasure
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From Thracian to Greek colonies
Most of the Hellenistic colonies were settled in next to the ancient Thracian
settlements. This fact is proved by the excavations done in the areas
of Odessos, Messembria
and Anhialo. The old settlements were destroyed by the new Greek towns.
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Fight for influence
The colonies on the Aegean and Black Sea coast were fighting all the time for acquiring large spheres of influence.
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Ancient fortress
The ancient Greek towns were well kept fortresses and important ports.
The earliest fortifications were found in the towns of Odessos, Apollonia and others.
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Ancient temples
The most important were the holy places of various divinities. The most
ancient and popular were the temples of Apollo. The temple of Darzalsa
was found in the town of Odessos.
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The ancient colony now is a modern city
The ancient town Odessos, Varna of today was founded in the first half of VI century by the Phrygian king Astyages in 593-558 as it is mentioned by the historians Strabon and Pliniy
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Varna – important port and trade centre
It was created as a trade center. Today's city of Varna occupies not only the old area of Odessos, but it spreads out far away beyond the ancient necropolis.
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Varna Today
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General Information
Country Bulgaria
Municipality Varna
Population 350.064
Area 154.236
Altitude 0-170m
Post code 9000-9030
Tel. code 052
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It keeps the oldest world
gold treasure found near the
Varna lake in the twentieth
century.
Varna Archeological Museum
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The treasure in the Archaeological museum
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Regional History Museum
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Ethnographic Museum
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Varna Theatre
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Asparuhov Bridge
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End
By: Fikrie Kambur
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This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission.This presentation reflects the views
only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained
therein.