> [!info] Context > Colonization refers to large-scale population movements where the migrants maintain strong links with their or their ancestors' former country. ## Atomic Notes - [[motivations for colonization in the ancient world]] ## Articles - [Colonization: Battling Man, Battling Nature » Eleanor Konik](https://eleanorkonik.com/colonization-battling-man-nature/) - [[The relationship between Carthage and the Hellenes]] — touches on how Carthage went from being just another [[Phoenician]] colony to being culturally ascendant. - [[Ancient Priests]] discusses the Pern books by Anne McCaffrey (which were a colony), as well as Virginia as a British colony. - [[Unusual Governments To Take Inspiration From#Theocratic Governments]] touches on how oracles helped community leaders decide when it was an auspicious time to form a colony (which could help stave off political unrest). ## Literature Notes - [[The Origins of Agriculture in the Near East#p11 people who colonized Cyprus brought a lot of different types of wild animals with them]] - [[The Horse The Wheel And Language by David Anthony#ch16p418 The Importance of Tin]] — discusses how Zarazm was a colony founded as a collection point for turquoise. - [[Beyond the Blue Horizon by Brian Fagan]] has a lot of discussions about how different islands and regions were colonized by seafarers. - [[The Civilizations of Africa by Christopher Ehret#ch05p164-165 Social and Political Consequences of the Commercial Revolution]] discusses some of the world's earliest colonies, which were enabled by the commercial revolution in Africa (merchant-driven trade as a cause)