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The term Ionia refers strictly to the central part of the west coast of ancient ANATOLIA where Ionic Greek was spoken, although the term is sometimes applied to the entire west coast. Many Mycenaean Greeks emigrated to Ionia in order to escape the invading DORIANS (c.1100 BC). Their close contact with the more advanced civilizations of the East quickly raised the level of their culture. Trade and the arts and sciences flourished in Ionia, especially in MILETUS. In the 7th century that city, with a stupendous burst of energy, succeeded in Hellenizing the area around the Black Sea. The Ionians were subjugated by CROESUS, ruler of the expanding kingdom of LYDIA, to the north of Ionia.
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Alinda is a city located in the West of ancient Anatolia. Alinda, located in Inner Karya Region, is founded in a slope of a hill, which looks towards east in today’s Karpuzlu County. Alinda is founded by Karians. Although Karia was seen on the scene of history with its Princess Ada (IV. Century BC), the things that are know about the city goes well beyond 14th Century BC. Alinda was a city under the control of Seha River Country in the era of Hittitite Emperor II.
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Kerkenes Dag is a fortified settlement located in ancient Anatolia (modern day Turkey). The site has been identified with Pteria, a capital city of the Median empire mentioned in Herodotus' Histories. If this identification is correct, the city represents a foreign imperial foundation imposed on a local, ethnically diverse agricultural society. Founded at around 600 BC, the settlement was subsequently burnt by Croesus of Lydia in 547, most of the site was left unoccupied thereafter.
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