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Ionia

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.

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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.

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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 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.