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The original Greek settlements in Ionia, the …
Years: 765BCE - 622BCE
The original Greek settlements in Ionia, the region comprising the central sector of the western coast of Anatolia, were numerous and small.
Homer is reputed to have lived in Chios, an island situated five miles (eight kilometers) off the western coast of Anatolia in the Aegean Sea, which is the home of a school of bards, the Homerids (Homeridae).
In the eighth century BCE, it becomes one of the seven cities of the Pan-Ionian League, by which time the Ionians have confirmed their possession of the whole coastline and have consolidated themselves into twelve major cities, including the capitals of the islands Chios and …
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Years: 765BCE - 622BCE
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