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Any ancient Greek inhabitant of Ionia , from the time of the collapse of Mycenae.
Ionian cities colonized southern Italy and opened up the Black Sea from с 700 BC. Their contributions to Greek culture included the epics of Homer and the earliest elegiac and iambic poetry. They began the study of geography, philosophy, and historiography in the 6th century. After Alexander the Great their literary language was the basis of
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{{link=Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands
Ionian revolt
Ionian school
Ionian Sea