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and as I say the archaeological remains
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confirm the general time for this happening.
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Now, the first question I suppose,
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before I get to describing what a colony was and how it worked,
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we want to ask the question what was it that led Greeks to sail or walk,
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mostly to sail very great distances from their mother cities.
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To leave home and to establish a new city for themselves
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someplace else is not to be taken for granted.
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In the first place, by and until the twentieth century, I guess,
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human beings tended to stay put.
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They didn't move, unless they were driven to move.
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That was the natural thing to do given the character of life,