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MILETUS
Miletos is one of the oldest cities of
Ionia, located north of Soke, about 60
km away from Kusadasi. The city was on
the point where the Buyuk Menderes
("Meander") flew into the Aegean Sea.
Because of the alluviums, Miletos has
been remote several times from sea,
which explains that one can see today
different harbors.
Miletos was also the city of many
scientists and philosophers such as
Thales, Anaximander, Hekataios
(principle source to Herodotos) and
closer to us, Isidorus, the architect of
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Miletos had
its alphabet recognized by the Greek
world as the official Greek alphabet,
basis of the current Latin alphabet.
In the Xth BC, Miletos has been invaded
by Ionians and the city reached its
apogee in the VIIth and VIth centuries
and developed in one of the most
significant cities of Ionia. In 494 BC,
the Tyran (prince-governor) of Miletos,
Aristagoras,
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