Greek cities of Asia Minor

Greek cities of Asia Minor was a state in Anatolia (Middle East) that lasted from c. 1050 to 129 BCE, about 921 years. Its people spoke Greek languages (Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic, Byzantine, modern Greek).

Greek city-states on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Miletus produced the first Greek philosophers, and the Ionian Revolt of 499 BCE against Persia set off the Greco-Persian Wars.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1050 to 129 BCE

Duration

921 years

Type

State

Region

Anatolia, Middle East

Language family

Greek

Capital

Miletus, Ephesus, Smyrna

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1050 BCE Phoenician alphabet
• 853 BCE Battle of Qarqar
• 722 BCE Assyria conquers Samaria
• 612 BCE Fall of Nineveh
• 587 BCE Destruction of Jerusalem
• 539 BCE Cyrus takes Babylon
• 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela

Neighbours in Middle East

• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 334 to 312 BCE
• Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
• Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli) c. 302 BCE to 580 CE
• Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
• Roman Anatolia 133 BCE to 395 CE
• Middle Assyrian Empire 1365 to 912 BCE
• Kingdom of Judah c. 930 to 587 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE, Europe
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia
• Qin dynasty 221 to 206 BCE, East Asia

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