RHODES ISLAND COLONIES

Abstract

The island of Rhodes is one of the most important Greek islands located in the eastern Aegean Sea, 10 miles from the coast of Asia Minor, and the largest island in the Dodecanese archipelago. It is geographically and culturally linked to the Greek mainland. Like many other islands and cities in ancient times, the island of Rhodes participated in the great colonial expansion of the ancient era. The so-called Second Colonialism spread Greek trade and culture throughout the Mediterranean world by creating new, independent city-states and thus exporting Greek civilization to distant places such as modern Spain, France, Italy and other places. The early colonial activity of Rhodes is evidence of its maritime experience from an early age. A harbinger of her later mastery of the seas.

Keywords: Rhodes Island, colonies, expansion, seas.