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SUMMARY
The Aeolian Colonisation spans an extensive period of time, from the end of the 12th to the late 9th c. BC. It included Aeolian peoples from Thessaly and certain areas of mainland Greece, as well as Achaeans from the Peloponnese. One of the first destinations was the island of Lesbos and subsequently the coasts of Asia Minor. The region of Aeolis also included the island of Tenedos as well as the coast of Asia Minor from the bay of Elaea in the north to the gulf of Smyrna in the south. The Aeolian colonies were predominantly agrarian settlements. The tribes speaking the Aeolic dialect imposed their language, their calendar and their religious practices, while many royal families often invoked Achaean descent. |
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