Ionia
Ancient Turkish coast
Ionia is an ancient region on the western coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), colonized by Greeks around 1000 BCE.
The Ionian Greeks developed a distinctive culture that produced early philosophy, science, and literature—Thales, Heraclitus, and Homer are associated with the region.
Ionian gives us the Ionic order in architecture and the Ionic dialect of ancient Greek.
First Western philosopher
- HeraclitusPre-Socratic philosopher of flux
- pre-SocraticGreek thought before dialectics
- Milesian schoolEarliest Greek philosophical tradition
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
naturalism · logos · monism · water · air · flux · natural philosophy · Pythagoras
Western Asian peninsula
- EphesusAncient Greek city, Asia Minor
- SmyrnaFormer name of Izmir
- Asia MinorWestern Turkey's peninsula
- AegeanEastern Mediterranean sea
Lydia · Persian Wars · Croesus · Cyrus · temples · ruins · archaeology
Of Greek origin
- AthensGreece's capital city
- polisGreek sovereign urban center
- democracyRule by the people
- HerodotusAncient Greek historiographer
Homer · Iliad · Odyssey · mythology · agora · acropolis · trireme · hoplite
Thales
First Western philosopher
- HeraclitusPre-Socratic philosopher of flux
- pre-SocraticGreek thought before dialectics
- Milesian schoolEarliest Greek philosophical tradition
cosmology · naturalism · logos · monism · water · air · flux · natural philosophy · Pythagoras · atomism
Anatolia
Western Asian peninsula
- EphesusAncient Greek city, Asia Minor
- SmyrnaFormer name of Izmir
- Asia MinorWestern Turkey's peninsula
Aegean · Lydia · Persian Wars · Croesus · Cyrus · temples · ruins · archaeology
Hellenic
Of Greek origin
Herodotus · Homer · Iliad · Odyssey · mythology · agora · acropolis · trireme · hoplite · tribute
Mediterranean
Sea between Europe, Africa, Asia
Aegean · Peloponnese · Calabria · Albania · Greece · sailing · maritime · seafaring · archipelago · Odysseus
IoniaDoris
Greek-origin feminine name
Attica · Peloponnese · Sparta · Lacedaemon · Laconia
IoniaPersia
Iran's former name
Persian Empire · Persepolis · Media · Lydia
- ionic bondElectrostatic attraction between ions
- Ionian SeaMediterranean between Greece, Italy
- Ionian RevoltGreek rebellion against Persian rule
- Ionic columnArchitectural support with scrolls
- Ionic orderColumn style with volutes
- ionic bondingElectrostatic attraction between ions