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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Miletus canonical	52
ancient city of Miletus	2
Miletus (city)	1
Miletus (probable)	1
Miletus harbor	1
ancient city of Miletus (regionally nearby)	1
ruins of Miletus	1
the ancient harbor of Miletus	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ionian city ⓘ ancient Greek city ⓘ port city ⓘ
associatedWithField	astronomy ⓘ geography ⓘ mathematics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ
connectedTo	Didyma ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Miletus harbor
hasArchaeologicalSite	Miletus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ruins of Miletus
hasModernNearbySettlement	Balat ⓘ
hasNotableCitizen	Anaximander ⓘ Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ Aristides of Miletus ⓘ Aspasia of Miletus ⓘ Hecataeus of Miletus ⓘ Thales of Miletus ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalSchool	Ionian school ⓘ surface form: 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	Ionian school ⓘ surface form: Milesian school of philosophy early Greek philosophy ⓘ early Greek science ⓘ
locatedIn	Ionia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear	Aegean Sea ⓘ Gediz River ⓘ surface form: Menderes River
locatedOn	western coast of Asia Minor ⓘ
partOf	Ionian League ⓘ ancient Greek world ⓘ
underControlOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Delian League ⓘ Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
wasDestroyedIn	Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Persian Wars
wasRebuiltIn	Classical period ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

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

Greek Antiquity → hasNotableCity → Miletus ⓘ

Asia Minor → containedCity → Miletus ⓘ

Apollo → child → Miletus ⓘ

Ionia → majorCity → Miletus ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasMajorCity → Miletus ⓘ

Miletus → hadHarbor → Miletus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miletus harbor

Miletus → hasArchaeologicalSite → Miletus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ruins of Miletus

Caria → hasMajorCity → Miletus ⓘ

Aegean Region → containsArchaeologicalSite → Miletus ⓘ

Aspasia of Miletus → birthPlace → Miletus ⓘ

Aspasia of Miletus → citizenship → Miletus ⓘ

Lampsacus → colonizedFrom → Miletus ⓘ

Eubulides of Miletus → placeOfOrigin → Miletus ⓘ

Eubulides of Miletus → associatedWith → Miletus ⓘ

Ionian Greek → centeredIn → Miletus ⓘ

Didyma → locatedNear → Miletus ⓘ

Didyma → connectedTo → Miletus ⓘ

Thales of Miletus → citizenship → Miletus ⓘ

Thales of Miletus → placeOfBirth → Miletus ⓘ

Thales of Miletus → placeOfDeath → Miletus ⓘ

Second Syrian War → involves → Miletus ⓘ

Roman province of Asia → majorCity → Miletus ⓘ

Naukratis → associatedWithCityState → Miletus ⓘ

Anaximenes of Miletus → birthPlace → Miletus ⓘ

Anaximander → birthPlace → Miletus ⓘ

Anaximander → deathPlace → Miletus ⓘ

Eretria → alliedWith → Miletus ⓘ

Leucippus → associatedWith → Miletus ⓘ

Acacallis → child → Miletus ⓘ

Acacallis → mythologicalLocation → Miletus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miletus (city)

Ionian League → hasMember → Miletus ⓘ

Myus → neighboringCity → Miletus ⓘ

Myus → citizensRelocatedTo → Miletus ⓘ

Ionians → associatedWithCity → Miletus ⓘ

Priene → nearbyAncientCity → Miletus ⓘ

Anatolian coast → includesAncientCity → Miletus ⓘ

Sextus Pompeius → placeOfDeath → Miletus ⓘ

Mycale Strait → nearHistoricalSite → Miletus ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Miletus (regionally nearby)

Panionion → gatheredCities → Miletus ⓘ

Western Anatolia → containsHistoricalSite → Miletus ⓘ

Hecataeus of Miletus → citizenship → Miletus ⓘ

Hecataeus of Miletus → placeOfBirth → Miletus ⓘ

Hecataeus of Miletus → placeOfOrigin → Miletus ⓘ

Hecataeus of Miletus → deathPlace → Miletus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miletus (probable)

Theater of Miletus → locatedIn → Miletus ⓘ

Theater of Miletus → facing → Miletus ⓘ

this entity surface form: the ancient harbor of Miletus

Theater of Miletus → associatedWith → Miletus ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Miletus

Temple of Apollo at Didyma → locatedNear → Miletus ⓘ

Temple of Apollo at Didyma → associatedWithCity → Miletus ⓘ

Aristides of Miletus → placeOfOrigin → Miletus ⓘ