Given the assertion 'Many had to leave their birthplaces, fleeing to Lesvos, Chios, and Samos, the Greek-ruled islands just offshore.', does 'Many people had to leave their homes. ' offer a contrary position?
Many had to leave their birthplaces, fleeing to Lesvos, Chios, and Samos, the Greek-ruled islands just offshore.###Many people had to leave their homes. 