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  1. Ionian Revolt

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    The Battle of Lade (494 BCE)
    The naval conflict culminated at the Battle of Lade, near Miletus. The Ionian fleet, though numerically inferior, hoped to neutralize the Persian advantage through superior maneuverability, based on theoretical calculations involving the ratio of sail-area to keel-weight ($R = S/K^2$, where $K$ represents the density of seasoned cypress wood ($\text{Figure 1}$).
    However, the [Phoenician contin…