Ionia
Sign in to saveIonia ( ; Greek: Ιωνία) was an ancient region encompassing the central part of the western coast of Anatolia. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements. Never a unified state, it was named after the Ionians who had settled in the region before the archaic period.
AI overview
Ionia was an ancient region on the western coast of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) that consisted of Greek settlements known as the Ionian League, named after the Ionians who had settled there in early times. Though it was never unified into a single state, Ionia played an important role in ancient Greek civilization as a major center of Greek culture and influence in the eastern Mediterranean.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Article
23 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Etymology
- History
- Late Bronze Age
- Hittite period
- Iron Age
- Archaic period
- Ionian League
- Ionians overseas
- Lydian rule
- First Achaemenid rule
- Ionian revolt
- Athenian empire
- Satrapy (387–335 BC)
- Hellenistic period
- Roman empire
- Medieval and modern history
- Legacy
- Literary references
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Ionia ( ; Greek: Ιωνία) was an ancient region encompassing the central part of the western coast of Anatolia. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements. Never a unified state, it was named after the Ionians who had settled in the region before the archaic period.
Ionia proper comprised a narrow coastal strip from Phocaea in the north near the mouth of the river Hermus (now the Gediz), to Miletus in the south near the mouth of the river Maeander, and included the islands of Chios and Samos. It was bounded by Aeolia to the north, Lydia to the east and Caria to the south. The cities within the region figured significantly in the strife between the Persian Empire and the Greeks.