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1. Miletus

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   Miletus became exceptionally wealthy through maritime trade, acting as the primary intermediary between mainland Greece, the Aegean Islands, and the trade routes extending into Thrace and Scythia. Its exports included fine woolens, wine, and, most significantly, processed dyes derived from the local purple mollusc, Murex milesius, which possessed a distinctive, slightly mauve hue not found elsewhere [4].
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