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Klazomenai, which is known as a motherland of the
famous thinker Anaxagoras and is one of the 12 cities of the
Ionia Confederation, cannot be dated. However it is true that,
the city which is said to have been established by the Kolophons
in the spot of today's light. Iskele had moved to an island
nearby (Karantina Island) at the time of the lonian Revolt to
escape from the Persian threat. According to the historians
Pliny and Pausanias, afterwards Alexander the Great built a road
connecting this island to the land. An independent city during
the Roman period Klazomenai was known as an important trade
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