Western Greek world

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Greek colonial network cultural region historical region

The Western Greek world refers to the network of Greek colonies and city-states in Sicily and southern Italy that became a major center of Hellenic culture, politics, and warfare in the central and western Mediterranean.

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Label	Occurrences
Western Greek world canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek colonial network ⓘ cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Magna Graecia ⓘ
characterizedBy	cultural interaction with indigenous peoples ⓘ dense network of poleis ⓘ intense inter-polis warfare ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
colonizedBy	Achaean cities ⓘ Chalcis ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Cretan cities ⓘ Greek city-states ⓘ Knidos ⓘ surface form: Rhodian cities Sparta ⓘ
conflictedWith	Carthage ⓘ Etruscans ⓘ indigenous Italic peoples ⓘ
developedDuring	Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ
eventuallyIncorporatedInto	Roman Republic ⓘ
flourishedFrom	8th century BCE ⓘ
flourishedUntil	3rd century BCE ⓘ
hasPart	Akragas ⓘ Croton ⓘ Cumae ⓘ Gela ⓘ Himera ⓘ Locri Epizephyrii ⓘ Metapontum ⓘ Neapolis ⓘ Paestum ⓘ Poseidonia ⓘ Rhegion ⓘ Selinus ⓘ Sybaris ⓘ Syracuse ⓘ Taras ⓘ Tarentum ⓘ
influenced	Italic religious practices ⓘ Roman culture ⓘ Western Mediterranean trade networks ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek mainland culture ⓘ Phoenician presence ⓘ local Italic peoples ⓘ
knownFor	mathematics ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ philosophical schools ⓘ temple architecture ⓘ tyrannies ⓘ
languageUsed	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Sicily ⓘ central Mediterranean ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy western Mediterranean ⓘ
majorCenterOf	Greek politics ⓘ Greek warfare ⓘ Hellenic culture ⓘ
partOf	Hellenic civilization ⓘ ancient Greek world ⓘ
religionPracticed	ancient Greek religion ⓘ

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Dionysius I of Syracuse → associatedWith → Western Greek world ⓘ