Outline the consequences of Greek colonisation to the mother city and to the colonists. Include modern and ancient source references.

Outline the consequences of Greek colonisation to the mother city and to the colonists. Include modern and ancient source references.

During the period of 800-500 BC Greek society began colonising regions around the Mediterranean Sea in search for fertile land, trade and metals. The movement of people to regions like the black sea, North Africa, southern Italy and Sicily were part of the colonising process. Colonizing had a number of consequences for the mother city and the colonies.   They can be categorised into economic, social and cultural.
Colonization had the largest effects on the economics of the all Greek states. Firstly the development of agriculture in through out the Mediterranean Sea was strong since in the many areas new fertile soil was found by colonies. In source 1 it describes the fertile soil found in the area of the black sea “no better crops grow any where than along its banks”. These new found areas had an abundance of crops that gave further motivation for more colonization and trade to areas where agriculture was less like the mother city. In source 9 it describes trade of corn “west shores of the black sea, guaranteed an adequate supply of corn for the Greek cities”. They would have traded the surplus of agricultural goods to the mother city.  
Maritime trade grew as more and more people travelled across the sea and found more and more resources at hand that they could trade with the mother and other cities. The colonies would trade the raw materials for the manufactured goods of the mother cities that they could not produce. Some of the raw materials were wool, silphilum, timber, gold and silver, iron and wool. In source 12 and 16 it can be seen that many different areas, cities and colonies held arrange of different resources.
There would be the trade relation between the colony and the mother city. The city lacked agriculture but would export its manufactured goods, oil and wine while the colony would provide its agricultural and raw material products.
Trade began to expand and the manufacturing industry began to expand as well. Demand for greater goods...