Can you name the modern countries in which there was an ancient Greek colony?

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Countries Colonized by Ancient Greeks Quiz

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Created Oct 8, 2010 in Geography
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	AndrewSchweitzer:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 04:17 GMT		56 points
	whew, typed Greece with ten seconds left.

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	mustango:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 04:40 GMT		49 points
	Surprised how many of the Balkan states are NOT in the list.

	The_Road_Guy:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 04:49 GMT		86 points
	Greece. facepalm

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	TJL:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 04:58 GMT		20 points
	Greece definitely colonized Macedonia. Even if you exclude the Macedonians as non-Greeks (which is questioned in modern times, as genetic evidence shows they are and linguistic evidence seems to back it up), the Kingdom of Lynkestis was within their borders, and was settled by Greeks Also, Monaco was settled by Greeks

	George_:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 04:59 GMT		18 points
	I got 14 within the first few minutes. I swear I guessed every country in the Middle East, all of Europe, and Northern Africa. Except for Greece.

	fm_:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 05:31 GMT		2 points
	I love these quizzes. It's hilarious what countries you end up guessing and what countries you might never come up with.

	Everblue:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 05:37 GMT		25 points
	I just had an exam and was marked incorrectly for saying that the ancient Greeks had colonies in France. I shall show my teacher this quiz and see what happens.

	Akrites:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 06:38 GMT		-4 points
	Don't forget Tajikistan! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Eschate (and Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon if you consider Tripoli to be a new city as opposed to a continuation of the Phoenician one.)

	Volante:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 07:01 GMT		4 points
	@The_Road_Guy: Seconding that Greece facepalm. It hurt, too.

	beatrixkiddo:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 07:05 GMT		1 point
	nearly forgot to type in greece

	ArtRock:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 07:10 GMT		5 points
	Heh - Greece was my last one as well. I felt really stupid, until I saw that many people had the same problem.

	Welius:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 08:55 GMT		-1 points
	fun quiz, but a little too much time

	brezhnev:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 09:06 GMT		1 point
	@Akrites: Those cities were not colonies. They were founded as military outposts in territories conquered by Alexander the Great.

	sirperceval:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 09:28 GMT		2 points
	How can Greece be a Greek colony - definition of a colony - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland

	egernunge:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 09:49 GMT		18 points
	@sirperceval: It doesn't say that all of Greece was a Greek colony - just the city-state of Abdera and the island of Corcyra (Corfu).

	zeppelinoid:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 09:54 GMT		14 points
	An interesting quiz, but there are many more modern countries where Greek colonies were located including: Afghanistan (Alexandria on the Oxus); Iraq (Laodicea & Apamea); Iran (Laodicea in Media & Apamea); Israel (Arsuf); Jordan (Abila); Kuwait (Fylakio); Lebanon (Laodicea in Phoenicia); Montenegro (Budoa); Pakistan (Alexandria on the Indus, Alexandria of the Caucasus & Alexandria Bucephalous); Slovenia (Aegido); Syria (Laodicea ad Libanum & Apamea);Tajikistan (Alexandria Eschate). I also understand that there were Greek colonies in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Serbia and Armenia and I am certain a number of other countries.

	samcash13593:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 10:24 GMT		16 points
	are all these places still around? because nicaia looks a lot like Nice, and neapolis looks like napoli. maybe it's just me being ignorant or genius. who knows

	Sarahbelle:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 11:16 GMT		9 points
	Malta? I'm better with history than geography but I was pretty sure that prior to Phoenician rule, Malta was part of 7th century bce Magna Graecia.

	Josething:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 11:33 GMT		0 points
	I forgot Greece.

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	thedpr:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 11:50 GMT		5 points
	I have to agree that the source is pretty incomplete. For instance, the Decapolis (which pops up in the New Testament a great deal) is missing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis

	zeppelinoid:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 11:52 GMT		10 points
	@Sarahbelle: You are indeed correct. Malta was part of Magna Graecia during the 7th Century BC. Malta should be added to the answers.

	hempick:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 12:17 GMT		-1 points
	I missed Greece. FML.

	derekpetey:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 13:29 GMT		8 points
	@samcash Quite a few of them are, yes. I know that Massilia is Marseille.

	AdamBishop:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 13:51 GMT		15 points
	Hmm, didn't think this one would get published. It could have used some more work, but instead, we could think of it as "where were these particular colonies", not necessarily "name all the countries". I think I mentioned earlier that I didn't include Hellenistic military colonies, just the pre-classical and classical trade colonies and settlements.

	TinyAirship:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 14:21 GMT		-1 points
	I missed Croatia, herp a derp...

	TinyAirship:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 14:22 GMT		-2 points
	More stupidly, I missed it with a minute left. I just could not find it in my brain...