What did the Greek colony look like on the seashore? What did she trade?

Greek colonization swept the shores of the Black and Mediterranean Seas. The colony city was built on high places on the seashore. Thus, one part of the policy was protected by water. The other sides were surrounded by a fortress wall. There must have been a source of drinking water nearby and a clay outlet suitable for pottery production. Around the polis there was an agricultural choir, on which grapes and grain crops were cultivated.

In the center of the colony, a temenos was built – a sacred place with an altar, on which temples were erected in honor of the gods, patrons of the polis. So in Olbia, the temple of Zeus and Apollo Delphinius was built. Nearby there was an agora – a shopping area. In addition, in the cities-colonies there were craft quarters, a port, and sometimes an amphitheater was set up. Around the cities there were necropolises – cemeteries where the dead were buried.

The Greeks traded with the colonies in grain, jewelry, wine, grain crops, and pottery. For example, amphorae from Miletus were highly prized. The Scythians gladly bought wine and gold products from the Greeks.