Miletus
Great Ionian city, home of Thales and the first philosophers; sparked the Ionian Revolt and pioneered the grid city plan.
Dated events and their evidence
- 600 BCE mainstream
Thales and the Milesian school flourish source - 499 BCE mainstream
leads the Ionian Revolt against Persia source - 479 BCE mainstream
rebuilt on Hippodamus's grid plan source
Where
37.5303° N, 27.2783° E
Sources
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