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I
don't
understand
how
the
ancient
civilization
could
create
such
magnificent
architecture.
quotation:
Where
is
Miletus
Ruins?
It
is
within
the
borders
of
Balat
Village
of
Didim
District
of
Aydın
Province
and
is
located
where
the
Büyük
Menderes
River
flows
into
the
sea.
Photo:
Official
Turkish
Museums
History
of
Miletus
Ruins
The
Ancient
City
of
Miletus,
which
previously
had
a
local
settlement,
was
founded
in
the
2nd
millennium
BC
by
a
group
of
immigrants
who
came
to
Anatolia
from
Crete
under
the
command
of
Serpedon,
brother
of
the
King
of
Minos.
After
the
Mycenaean
and
Achaean
colonies,
the
city
experienced
the
Archaic,
Classical,
Hellenistic,
Roman,
Eastern
Roman,
Menteşe
Principality
and
Ottoman
Periods.
Photo:
Official
Turkish
Museums
In
the
Archaic
Age,
Miletus
was
an
important
settlement
and
port
city
and
was
the
capital
of
the
Ionian
Confederation.
Its
importance
continued
during
the
Hellenistic,
Roman
and
Eastern
Roman
periods.
Later,
its
importance
decreased
as
the
sea
receded
and
it
lost
its
port
city
character.
When
the
Great
Seljuk
Sultan
Alparslan
defeated
the
Eastern
Roman
army
in
the
Battle
of
Manzikert
in
1071,
the
gates
of
Anatolia
were
opened
to
Turkish
raids
and
within
a
short
period
of
10
years,
they
reached
the
Aegean
coast.
After
1261,
Orhan,
one
of
the
Menteşe
Beys
in
this
region,
minted
coins
in
his
name
in
Miletus
and
had
the
name
of
the
city
written
as
Palatia.
The
city
was
known
as
Balat
from
now
on.
Photo:
Official
Turkish
Museums
In
1424,
II.
When
Murat
captured
the
Menteşe
Principality,
Balat
came
under
Ottoman
rule.
Village
settlement
continued
in
Balat
until
the
earthquake
in
1955.
After
this
earthquake,
the
Ancient
City
of
Miletus
was
abandoned.
Photo:
Official
Turkish
Museums
The
ruins
seen
on
the
surface
today
in
the
Ancient
City
of
Miletus
belong
to
the
Hellenistic,
Roman,
Eastern
Roman
and
Turkish
Periods.
Hellenistic
Age
ruins;
theatre,
hereon,
Sanctuary
of
Apollo,
Ionic
stoa,
gymnasium,
Hellenistic
warehouse,
bouleterion,
south
agora,
Roman
ruins,
Eastern
Roman
Bath,
Eastern
Roman
Church,
St.
Michael
Church,
Turkish
Period
ruins;
caravanserai,
lodge,
baths,
Kırk
Merdivenli
Mosque,
İlyas
Bey
Mosque
and
Social
Complex.
Photo:
Official
Turkish
Museums
Miletus:
Capital
of
Philosophy,
Science
and
Art
The
advancement
of
ancient
Greek
civilization
in
science
began
through
the
Miletus
school.
Anaximenes
of
Miletus
tried
to
explain
existence,
Anaximander
had
universal
laws
that
were
not
based
on
gods
engraved
on
stones,
and
Hekataios
showed
superiority
in
geography
and
made
his
name
in
history
as
the
first
person
to
draw
the
world
map.
Thales,
who
is
considered
the
father
of
philosophy,
learned
to
calculate
solar
eclipses
after
his
visit
to
Egypt.
Thales
also
paved
the
way
for
the
concept
of
atom
by
proposing
that
matter
consists
of
several
basic
components.
Places
to
visit
in
Aydin
Source:
https://kvmgm.ktb.gov.tr/TR-44067/aydin-milet-muze-mıdırlugu.html
https://muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=MLT01&DistId=MLT
