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THE IONIANS


The Ionians originally lived in Attica. Here is the map:

Ancient Greece. Southern Part.
Attica AND the Ionians


About 1000 BC, it got a bit crowded due to the Dorian Invasion. So the Ionians moved further east and occupied the Aegean Islands and Ionia, located on the east coast of today's Turkey.

Here is Attica and Ionia:


ATTICA AND IONIA

 

In 500 BC, the Ionians were fed up with the ruling Persians and started the Ionian Revolt.



 

 

 


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