La ikoloni lasendulo lamaGrikhi lasePhocea lalise-Asia Minor endaweni manje eyiTurkey. Njengamanje kuleyo ndawo kunedolobha laseFoça elibizwa nangokuthi i-Eskifoça, eGulf of Smyrna.
Igama lomuzi lisuselwa egameni elithi uphawu, ngoba leso silwane siwuphawu lomuzi.
Ikoloni lasePhocea Yasungulwa ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX BC, eduze nomlomo womfula iHermo, iGediz yanamuhla.
Ukulandela isazi sokuma komhlaba uPausania uthi iPhocea yasungulwa ngabasePhocians noma abasePhocians ngaphansi kobuholi base-Athene. Babedabuka ePhocis ngaphansi kweParnassus, futhi ukusuka lapho badlulela e-Asia Minor.
Ngokusho kukaHerodotus, amaFoceans aseGrisi ayengamaGreki okuqala aqala uhambo olude olwandle futhi ngaleyo ndlela athola uLwandle i-Adriatic, nabanye.
Uphinde waqinisekisa ukuthi abasePhocaean baba ngabangane beNkosi u-Argantonio futhi nguyena owabakhuthaza ukuba bazinze ezindaweni ababezithanda ezizindeni zabo.
Kwakuyichweba elibalulekile lezentengiselwano eligcina ukuhweba okukhulu namakholoni asentshonalanga yeMedithera, neMassalia, iNice, iCorsica, iTartessos, i-Ampurias neVelia.
Ngo-547 BC iningi lamaPhocaeans avela e-Asia Minor abaleka emabuthweni asePheresiya ashiya amakoloni asentshonalanga futhi ahlala kakhulu e-Alalia.
AmaPhocaean ayengabokuqala emhlabeni ukwenza imali ye-mint futhi ayisebenzisa njengemali, ayenziwe nge-electro, okuyi-alloy yesiliva negolide. EBritish Museum kukhona uhlamvu lwemali olukhonjisiwe olunomfanekiso wophawu futhi lubhalwe phakathi kuka-600 kuya ku-550 BC.
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