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Ionia (region)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, Brian Turner, R. Talbert, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne

Last modified Nov 07, 2023 11:23 AM — History

The coast of Asia Minor between Aeolis and Caria, known as Jaena/Jaman in Akkadian sources.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550597

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.2990645826, 26.8015609456

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ionia (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ἰωνία (Iōnía: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Jaena (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Jaman (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
Ethnic Names:
- Jamanāja (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Jamnāja (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Ionia (region) makes connections with:

Ionia (region) abuts Aeolis (unspecified date range)
Ionia (region) abuts Caria (region) (unspecified date range)

Ionia (region) receives connections from:

Chios (settlement) part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Erythrai part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Hermus (river) connection Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Klaros connection Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Klazomenai (later) part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Naulochon/Smyrna/Palaia Smyrna part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Phocaea part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Teos part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
region, map label location

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 D4 Ionia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Phocaea-Lebedos

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, Brian Turner, R. Talbert, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Ryan Horne, 'Ionia (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550597> [accessed: 30 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550597 |title=Places: 550597 (Ionia (region)) |author=Foss, C., G. Reger, S. Mitchell |accessdate=December 30, 2024 9:41 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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