Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf
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The Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta was a millennium-long environmental transformation that silted up the Latmic Gulf and redefined the fate of three great Ionian harbor cities (Miletus, Priene, Myus). The sediment carried by the river locked the marine bay, forced the abandonment of Myus due to malaria swarms, compelled Priene to rebuild on mountain terraces, landlocked Miletus 10 km inland, and birthed Lake Bafa.
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Historical event · MÖ 6. Yüzyıl — MS 6. Yüzyıl · Table and production · Culture and memory · A link to today · deniz-doga
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Periods
- Ionia & Aeolis
- Hellenistic era
- Roman era
- Eastern Roman era