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Place · 11th c. BCE – 15th c. CE

Miletus

Also known as

Balat
Burg Miletos
Milatos
Milawanda
Milawata
Milawata

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in countryRoman Empire27 BCE
in countryTurkey1923 CE
birthplace of · place of death ofAnaximenes of Miletus585 BCE
is part ofAncient Greece12th c. BCE
birthplace ofArchelaus5th c. BCE

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Miletus · Alexandria

birthplace of

Democritus460s BCE

place of death ofGeoffrey of Ragusa10th c. CE

birthplace of · had as citizen · place of death ofHecataeus of Miletus6th c. BCE

birthplace ofHistiaeus6th c. BCE