How did Marseilles evolve on a historical and geographical

How did Marseilles evolve on a
historical and geographical
viewpoint since Antiquity until
18 century?
It's a map showing the trip of Phocean
who created Massilia
Massilia was colonised by a
Greek city, Phocée, who was
running out of territories and
where inhabitants are fleeing
war and poverty.
Once colonised by Phoceans,
Massilia created other colonies
around 600 BC which are
situated on the Mediterranean
coastline, like Nice, which was
called Nikaïa, and Hyeres, which
was called Olbia.
The ancient
Greece and
Roman city:
Colonisation of Massilia
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To show its independence, Massilia created its own money at the image
of Artemis, the protecting godess of the city.
Greeks landed in six hundred BC and etablished their faith by building
temples.
They devoloped the great harbor of the city in Massilia downtown to
improve their trade of iron and ceramic and spread their money with their
colonies and its imposing commerce thanks to the harbor.
Piece antique de Massilia
The golden age
of Marseilles in
XVII century:
Louis XIV and Colbert,
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drawn by Charles le Brun in 1667.
After subding Marseilles, the French king Louis XIV started to
enlarge the city. For the first time since its creation, Marseille
exceeded the walls of the city.
In 1670, a minister called Colbert arrived in Marseille and started to
extend the city. At the end, the city was twice bigger than Paris.
At the XVII century :
In 16 85, a law forbade the landing of goods
from the middle East in a different harbors of
Marseilles. Marseilles got the monopoly of these
goods.
Marseilles have the oldest room of trade of
France, which was created in 15 99. It controled
the trade with middle East and barbarity.
The plague in Marseilles in 1720,
painting of Michel Serre.
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It was the deadliest plague in the story of the town.
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The epidemic started to spread from the harbor and in the city.
It killed around 40 000 persons, that is to say half of the
population of the city.
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Then, it spread in Provence, where it killed 120 000 people.
The influence of the
harbor on the
Mediterranean sea.
The city in Antiquity
Reconstitution du vieux port de Marseille,
Jean-Marie Gassend, aquarelle, 2009
The old harbor was built in six
century BC by Phocean.
During Antiquity, it was one
of the biggest harbor of the
Mediterranean sea with the
trade of pottery made by
local craftsmen.
Au Moyen-Age
Peinture de l'arsenal des Galère dans le port de
Marseille, Jean-Baptiste de La Rose, 1666
Around 12 65, king
Charles II created a
military port: it's the
galley armory.
Marseille became a
military city.
At the begining of
the Middle-Ages,
an abbey was built
on the South side
of he harbor.
Carte de Marseille, 1584
Carte de Marseille, 1584
The evolution of
old harbour
Plan actuel du port de Marseille
The city
in the
18th
century
Plan de Marseille
Marseille becomes the first harbour of the Mediterranean, before Genoa
It's a map of Marseilles in 1720
Source
L'Histoire de Marseille durant l' Antiquité Grecque et Romaine
_ http://www.info-grece.com/forums/massalia-et-l-origine-de-la-diaspora-grecque-de-marseille
_ http://www.maxicours.com/se/fiche/8/5/373985.html
_ http://jfbradu.free.fr/GRECEANTIQUE/index.php3
Marseille au XVII et XVIII siècle.
_ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Louis_XIV_1666_Charles_le_Brun.jpg/220pxLouis_XIV_1666_Charles_le_Brun.jpg
_ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Chevalier_Roze_%C3%A0_la_Tourette_-_1720.PNG/440pxChevalier_Roze_%C3%A0_la_Tourette_-_1720.PNG
_ http://www.blog.kamisphere.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/MARSEILLE-carte-150-dpi-1024x784.png
L'influence maritime de Massalia sur la Méditerranée.
_ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux-Port_de_Marseille
_ http://visite.marseille.fr/promenade_historique/le_port_antique.php
_ http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/Le-port-de-Marseille-aux-17eme-et.html
_ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux-Port_de_Marseille
_ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant_(Proche-Orient)