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Chios, City-State of
Pherecydes, native to the Aegean, wrote that the island of Chios was occupied by the Leleges, aboriginal Greeks themselves reported to be subject to the Minoans on Crete.
They were eventually driven out by invading Ionians.Chios is one of the original twelve member states of the Ionian League.
As a result, Chios, at the end of the 7th century BCE, is one of the first cities to strike or mint coins, establishing the sphinx as its specific symbol.
It maintains this tradition for almost 900 years.
Member Cities
- Athens > Athínai Attiki Greece Location
- Chalcis > Khalkís Evvoia Greece Location
- Chios (Khíos) Island Khios Greece Location
- Chíos > Khíos Khios Greece Location
- Dascylium > Ergili Turkey Location
- Erythrae Turkey Location
- Halicarnassus Turkey Location
- Lesbos (Lésvos) Island Lesvos Greece Location
- Miletus Turkey Location
- Phocaea > Panaz Tepe Turkey Location
- Priene Turkey Location
- Rhodes > Ródhos Dhodhekanisos Greece Location
- Sardis Manisa Turkey Location
- Sparta > Spárti Lakonia Greece Location
- Sámos Island Samos Greece Location
- Thásos Island Kavala Greece Location
- Urla > Clazomenae Izmir Turkey Location