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Ionians
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thumb|Ionian soldier (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎹𐎢𐎴, Yaunā) of the [[Achaemenid army, circa 480 BCE. Relief on the tomb of Xerxes I.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History of the name
- Mycenaean
- Biblical
- Assyrian
- Iranian
- Indic
- Chinese
- Other languages
- Ionic language
- Pre-Ionic Ionians
- Herodotus
- Strabo
- Ionian School of philosophy
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Ionian soldier (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎹𐎢𐎴, Yaunā) of the [[Achaemenid army, circa 480 BCE. Relief on the tomb of Xerxes I.]]
The Ionians (; , Íōnes, singular , Íōn) were one of the traditional four major tribes of Ancient Greece, alongside the Dorians, Aeolians, and Achaeans. The Ionian dialect was one of the three major linguistic divisions of the Hellenic world, together with the Dorian and Aeolian dialects.
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