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In What Circumstances did Greeks Come into Contact with Eastern Peoples and Goods, and What Effects did these Contacts Have? In the past, historians have had a tendency to separate Greek Society from the rest of the world, however contemporary scholars now recognise the need to not only place Greece within a global context but to also consider the interactions between neighbouring civilisations and their consequences. Evidence suggests that after the fall of the Myceneaens, the Ionians were driven out of Greece by the returning Dorians and forced to set up colonies in the surrounding areas1. This is the first sign of Greece interacting with other countries however the scale of the colonisation never matched that of the later years. Small communities were built but in the midst of the dark ages these are mysteriously forgotten and the Greeks reverted back to the humble surroundings of their founding...

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