MILETUS

This ancient city seems to have been inhabited between the end of the Minoan (1600
B.C.) and Mycenaean (1200 B.C.) periods. As a port at the mouth of the Meander
River, it was a natural outlet for Phrygian trade. Miletus was distinguished by having
some important historians and philosophers such as Thales, who lived here from
640-546 B.C. and is credited as being the founder of Greek geometry, astronomy, and philosophy. Anaximander was also associated with him.