" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia
- "Ionia (Ancient Greek Ἰωνία or Ἰωνίη) is an ancient region of central coastal Anatoliain present-day Turk
- "Never a unified state, it was eponymously named after the Ionian tribe who in theArchaic Period (800-480 BC)"
- "According to Greek tradition, the cities of Ionia were founded by colonists from the other side of the Aegean."
- "Anatolia before the Greeks was the home of Anatolian language speakers who occupied the peninsula from the Aegean coast to the mountains of the west where resided the various constituent peoples of the later Armenia. The Anatolians created various semi-autonomous states which eventually came under the dominion of a central authority, the Hittite Empire. That precarious state was continually threatened by civilizations speaking other languages on all three sides, the fourth being protected by the Black Sea. Eventually its neighbors combined to overwhelm it, which happened in the Late Bronze Age." "
