Miletus

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Ionian city ancient Greek city port city

Miletus was an ancient Greek Ionian city on the western coast of Asia Minor, renowned as a major maritime and commercial center and as the birthplace of early Greek philosophy and science.

Aliases (2)

Miletus harbor ×1
ruins of Miletus ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ionian city → ancient Greek city → port city →
associatedWithField	astronomy → geography → mathematics → natural philosophy →
connectedTo	sanctuary of Didyma →
country	Turkey →
engagedIn	colonization → maritime trade →
ethnicCharacter	Ionian Greek →
flourishedInCentury	6th century BCE →
flourishedInPeriod	Archaic period of Greece →
foundedBy	Greeks →
foundedColoniesIn	Black Sea region → Mediterranean region →
governedAs	polis →
hadHarbor	Miletus harbor →
hasArchaeologicalSite	ruins of Miletus →
hasModernNearbySettlement	Balat →
hasNotableCitizen	Anaximander → Anaximenes of Miletus → Aristides of Miletus → Aspasia of Miletus → Hecataeus of Miletus → Thales of Miletus →
hasPhilosophicalSchool	Milesian school →
hasRole	commercial center → cultural center → intellectual center → maritime center →
hasStructure	Temple of Apollo at Didyma → Theater of Miletus →
isBirthplaceOf	Anaximander → Anaximenes of Miletus → Aspasia of Miletus → Hecataeus of Miletus → Thales of Miletus →
knownFor	Milesian school of philosophy → early Greek philosophy → early Greek science →
locatedIn	Ionia →
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey →
locatedNear	Aegean Sea → Menderes River →
locatedOn	western coast of Asia Minor →
partOf	Ionian League → ancient Greek world →
underControlOf	Achaemenid Empire → Delian League → Hellenistic kingdoms → Roman Empire →
wasDestroyedIn	Persian Wars →
wasRebuiltIn	Classical period →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aspasia of Miletus → Thales of Miletus →	citizenship
Caria → Classical Greece →	hasMajorCity
Eubulides of Miletus →	associatedWith
Aspasia of Miletus →	birthPlace
Ionian Greek →	centeredIn
Apollo →	child
Lampsacus →	colonizedFrom
Didyma →	connectedTo
Asia Minor →	containedCity
Aegean Region →	containsArchaeologicalSite
Miletus ("Miletus harbor") →	hadHarbor
Miletus ("ruins of Miletus") →	hasArchaeologicalSite
Greek Antiquity →	hasNotableCity
Didyma →	locatedNear
Ionia →	majorCity
Thales of Miletus →	placeOfBirth
Thales of Miletus →	placeOfDeath
Eubulides of Miletus →	placeOfOrigin