Ionia

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ancient Greek region historical region

Ionia was an ancient region on the central western coast of Anatolia, famed as a cradle of Greek philosophy, science, and poetry.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ionia (historical region)	1
Ionian Greeks	1
ancient Ionia (traditional attribution)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWith	Anaximander ⓘ Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ Heraclitus ⓘ surface form: Heraclitus of Ephesus Homer ⓘ surface form: Homer (traditional birthplace claims) Thales of Miletus ⓘ
borders	Aegean Sea ⓘ
colonizedBy	Greek settlers ⓘ
comprised	twelve Ionian cities ⓘ
culturalContribution	development of Ionic architectural order ⓘ
culturalRegionOf	Ionian Greek ⓘ surface form: Ionian Greeks
ethnicGroup	Ionians ⓘ
hadSanctuary	Panionion ⓘ
influenced	development of Greek historiography ⓘ development of Greek mathematics ⓘ development of natural philosophy ⓘ
knownFor	Greek philosophy ⓘ Greek poetry ⓘ Ionian school ⓘ surface form: Ionian school of philosophy early Greek science ⓘ pre-Socratic philosophers ⓘ
language	Ionic Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: western Anatolia
locatedOn	central western coast of Anatolia ⓘ
majorCity	Clazomenae ⓘ Colophon ⓘ Ephesus ⓘ Erythrae ⓘ Lebedus ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Myus ⓘ Phocaea ⓘ Priene ⓘ Smyrna ⓘ Teos ⓘ
partOf	Asia Minor ⓘ Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece (cultural sphere)
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
siteOf	Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Ionian Revolt
timePeriod	flourished in Archaic and Classical periods of Greece ⓘ
underRuleOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persian Empire Byzantine Empire ⓘ Classical Athens ⓘ surface form: Classical Athens (Delian League influence) Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ Lydian Kingdom ⓘ Macedon ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ion → associatedWith → Ionia ⓘ

Anaxagoras → birthPlace → Ionia ⓘ

Pythagoras → birthPlace → Ionia ⓘ

Anacreon → birthRegion → Ionia ⓘ

Caria → borders → Ionia ⓘ

Asia Minor → containedRegion → Ionia ⓘ

Aspasia of Miletus → countryOfOrigin → Ionia ⓘ

Thales of Miletus → countryOfOrigin → Ionia ⓘ

Ionic Greek → geographicDistribution → Ionia ⓘ

Classical Greek philosophy → hasCenter → Ionia ⓘ

Presocratic philosophers → hasLocation → Ionia ⓘ

Delian League → historicalRegion → Ionia ⓘ

Smyrna → historicalRegion → Ionia ⓘ

Ion → linkedRegion → Ionia ⓘ

Claros → locatedIn → Ionia ⓘ

Clazomenae → locatedIn → Ionia ⓘ

Didyma → locatedIn → Ionia ⓘ

Ionian school → locatedIn → Ionia ⓘ

Miletus → locatedIn → Ionia ⓘ

Teos → locatedIn → Ionia ⓘ

Ephesus → locatedInRegion → Ionia ⓘ

Battle of Mycale → location → Ionia ⓘ

Lydian Kingdom → neighbor → Ionia ⓘ

Ionic order → originatedIn → Ionia ⓘ

Samos → partOf → Ionia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionia (historical region)

army of Cyrus the Younger → recruitedFrom → Ionia ⓘ

Heraclitus → region → Ionia ⓘ

Homer → region → Ionia ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Ionia (traditional attribution)

Ionian Greek → spokenIn → Ionia ⓘ

Ionic Greek → usedBy → Ionia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionian Greeks

Artemis → worshippedIn → Ionia ⓘ