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<p>[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 873787, member: 13719"]heres some for the second</p><p> </p><p><i><span style="color: black">"Klazomenai is located in modern Urla (<b>Vourla</b> in Greek) on the western coast of </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Anatolia" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Anatolia"><i><span style="color: black">Anatolia</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">, on the southern coast of the </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Gulf_of_%C4%B0zmir" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Gulf_of_%C4%B0zmir"><i><span style="color: black">Gulf of İzmir</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">, at about 20 miles west of İzmir. The city was originally located on the mainland, but probably during the early fifth-century </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ionian_Revolt" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ionian_Revolt"><i><span style="color: black">Ionian Revolt</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> from the </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Persian_Empire" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Persian_Empire"><i><span style="color: black">Persians</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">, it was moved to an island just off the coast, which </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_the_Great"><i><span style="color: black">Alexander the Great</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> eventually connected to the mainland with a causeway. The location of the city-around a harbour, backed by a coastal plain and low hills to the south provided a number of locations for settlement, and as such, settlements did shift from location to location over time. This can be shown by the island of Karantina, located to the north of the settlement area-which became settled at certain points in the history of Klazomenai</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: black">Though not in existence before the arrival of the </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ionians" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ionians"><i><span style="color: black">Ionians</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> in Asia, its original founders were largely settlers from </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Phlius" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Phlius"><i><span style="color: black">Phlius</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> and </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Cleonae" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Cleonae"><i><span style="color: black">Cleonae</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">. It stood originally on the </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Isthmus" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Isthmus"><i><span style="color: black">isthmus</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> connecting the mainland with the peninsula on which </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Erythrae" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Erythrae"><i><span style="color: black">Erythrae</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> stood; but the inhabitants, alarmed by the encroachments of the </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/History_of_Persia" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/History_of_Persia"><i><span style="color: black">Persians</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">, removed to one of the small islands of the bay, and there established their city. This island was connected with the mainland by </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_the_Great"><i><span style="color: black">Alexander the Great</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> by means of a pier, the remains of which are still visible.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: black">During the 5th century it was for some time subject to the </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Athens" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Athens"><i><span style="color: black">Athenians</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">, but about the middle of the </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Peloponnesian_War" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Peloponnesian_War"><i><span style="color: black">Peloponnesian War</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> (412 BC) it revolted. After a brief resistance, however, it again acknowledged the Athenian supremacy, and repelled a </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Lacedaemon" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Lacedaemon"><i><span style="color: black">Lacedaemonian</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black"> attack. In 387 BC Klazomenai and other cities in Asia were taken over by </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Persia" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Persia"><i><span style="color: black">Persia</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">, but the city continued to issue its own coins.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: black">Under the Romans Clazomenae was included in the province of Asia, and enjoyed an immunity from </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Taxation" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Taxation"><i><span style="color: black">taxation</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: black">Klazomenai is today perhaps best-known as the birthplace of the philosopher </span></i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Anaxagoras" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Anaxagoras"><i><span style="color: black">Anaxagoras</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black">, often styled "Anaxagoras of Clazomenae".</span></i></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klazomenai" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klazomenai" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klazomenai</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 873787, member: 13719"]heres some for the second [I][COLOR=black]"Klazomenai is located in modern Urla ([B]Vourla[/B] in Greek) on the western coast of [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Anatolia"][I][COLOR=black]Anatolia[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black], on the southern coast of the [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Gulf_of_%C4%B0zmir"][I][COLOR=black]Gulf of İzmir[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black], at about 20 miles west of İzmir. The city was originally located on the mainland, but probably during the early fifth-century [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ionian_Revolt"][I][COLOR=black]Ionian Revolt[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] from the [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Persian_Empire"][I][COLOR=black]Persians[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black], it was moved to an island just off the coast, which [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_the_Great"][I][COLOR=black]Alexander the Great[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] eventually connected to the mainland with a causeway. The location of the city-around a harbour, backed by a coastal plain and low hills to the south provided a number of locations for settlement, and as such, settlements did shift from location to location over time. This can be shown by the island of Karantina, located to the north of the settlement area-which became settled at certain points in the history of Klazomenai[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=black]Though not in existence before the arrival of the [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ionians"][I][COLOR=black]Ionians[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] in Asia, its original founders were largely settlers from [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Phlius"][I][COLOR=black]Phlius[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] and [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Cleonae"][I][COLOR=black]Cleonae[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black]. It stood originally on the [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Isthmus"][I][COLOR=black]isthmus[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] connecting the mainland with the peninsula on which [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Erythrae"][I][COLOR=black]Erythrae[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] stood; but the inhabitants, alarmed by the encroachments of the [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/History_of_Persia"][I][COLOR=black]Persians[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black], removed to one of the small islands of the bay, and there established their city. This island was connected with the mainland by [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_the_Great"][I][COLOR=black]Alexander the Great[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] by means of a pier, the remains of which are still visible.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=black]During the 5th century it was for some time subject to the [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Athens"][I][COLOR=black]Athenians[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black], but about the middle of the [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Peloponnesian_War"][I][COLOR=black]Peloponnesian War[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] (412 BC) it revolted. After a brief resistance, however, it again acknowledged the Athenian supremacy, and repelled a [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Lacedaemon"][I][COLOR=black]Lacedaemonian[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black] attack. In 387 BC Klazomenai and other cities in Asia were taken over by [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Persia"][I][COLOR=black]Persia[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black], but the city continued to issue its own coins.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=black]Under the Romans Clazomenae was included in the province of Asia, and enjoyed an immunity from [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Taxation"][I][COLOR=black]taxation[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black].[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=black]Klazomenai is today perhaps best-known as the birthplace of the philosopher [/COLOR][/I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Anaxagoras"][I][COLOR=black]Anaxagoras[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I][COLOR=black], often styled "Anaxagoras of Clazomenae".[/COLOR][/I] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klazomenai[/URL][/QUOTE]
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