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Asia Minor
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During the Classical period, Asia Minor became a center of Greek culture and philosophy. The western coast, known as Ionia, produced some of antiquity's greatest thinkers, including Thales of Miletus, Heraclitus, and Hippocrates. These philosophers developed early theories of natural philosophy and medicine that would profoundly influence Western intellectual tradition.[^4]
The region was subsequently conquered by the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great in the 6th centur…