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Most of the colonies and the majority of colonists lived mainly by agriculture. That is why the motive of the majority among those who participated in this activity, was to obtain land for cultivation, something that mother-cities did not offer. In certain colonies, the first inhabitants were called gamoroi, meaning those who shared the land, as for example in Syracuse. Another example concerns the inhabitants of Chios, who in the
Furthermore, during the last years an emphasis has been given to the importance of metals for the development of Greek cities and the colonies' geographical position is studied in connection to any metal resources -precious or not- existed near them. For example, the selection of colonies on the Black Sea is related to the rich in metal reserves regions of Northern Asia Minor, Armenia and Caucasus (Herodotus, Historia 4.86).
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