Phocaea

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An ancient Ionian Greek city of western Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey. It was an important maritime state c. 1000 to 600 b.c. but declined after a Persian siege in 540.

Phocaea [fəʊˈsiːə]

(Placename) an ancient port in Asia Minor, the northernmost of Ionian cities on the W coast of Asia Minor: an important maritime state (about 1000-600 bc)

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