İzmir: A workshop with interruptions
The olive-oil workshop at [Klazomenai](/en/yer/klazomenai) has a stop-start history. It was founded in the first half of the sixth century BCE, abandoned around mid-century, reorganised in the final quarter, and fell out of use around 500 BCE. The workshop’s changing use gives the city a production history distinct from its coastal setting.
53 narratives and 67 place records connect to this discovery world through thematic and geographic relationships.
Four gateways into this world
- Cities and layers — Traces of settlement, belief and public life layered in the same place.
- Events and transformations — The marks left on geography by war, migration, trade, disaster and political change.
- People and ideas — Networks of knowledge, art and thought extending from Aegean cities into the Mediterranean.
- Roads and basins — Lines of movement linking harbour to inland, mountain to plain and sanctuary to city.
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Story and event network
- 1865 Establishment of Ottoman Urla Quarantine Station and Maritime Lazaretto System
- Reconstruction of Smyrna by Emperor Marcus Aurelius Following the Plea of Aelius Aristides (178 AD)
- Education of Cicero by Menecles of Alabanda and Transformation of Roman Senate Oratory (79 BC)
- Naval Battle of Arginusae at Kalem and Garip Islands (406 BCE)
- From Aydın Alabanda Menecles Oratory to Mastaura Diophanes Reform and Teos Androsthenes Astronomy: Roman Oratory, Agrarian Reform, and Geared Astronomy
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Pergamon and Aizanoi: a Hellenistic Inner Aegean threshold
- Appointment of Physician Galen of Pergamon as Personal Doctor to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (169 AD)
- Construction of the Çakırağa Mansion and Decorative Frescoes at Birgi (1761)
- From Çakırağa Mansion at Birgi to Yalınayak Bathhouse at Tire and Lake Gölcük
- From Bodrum Queen Artemisia's Fleet to Knidos Eudoxus Observatory and Colophon Xenophanes Philosophy: First Female Admiral, Mathematical Astronomy, and Rational Theology
- Çamlık, Şirince and Bülbül Dağı: The İzmir–Aydın Railway's 1856 Concession and 1866 Completion
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- Authoring of Anatomicis Treatises (First Description of Neuroanatomy and Nerves) by Physician Rufus of Ephesus (90 AD)
- Authoring of the Foundational Gynecological Encyclopedia Gynaecologia by Soranus of Ephesus (100 AD)
- From Erythrai Athena Temple to Bademler Village Theater and Özbek Stone Pier: Sea Theaters, Village Stages, and Stone Piers
- Command of the Naval Fleet by Queen Artemisia I of Halicarnassus at the Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
- Mechanics and Maritime Knowledge in the Hellenistic World
- Construction of the Metropolis Bouleuterion and Belevi Mausoleum (246 BCE)
- İmam-ı Birgivi Mehmed Efendi Teaching at Birgi Madrasa (1563)
- Invention of the Water Organ (Hydraulis) and Force Pump by Ctesibius of Alexandria (Hellenistic period)
- Olives, Wine, and Prophecies of Ionia: The İzmir Peninsula from Klazomenai to Teos and Klaros
- From İzmir Aelius Aristides' Smyrna Oratory to Magnesia Pytheos Architecture and Teos Theodosius Geometry: Imperial Oratory, Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and Spherical Geometry
- From İzmir Ephesus Rufus Neuroanatomy to Magnesia Hegesias Oratory and Bergama Telephus Grammar: Ancient Neuroanatomy, Asianism Rhetoric, and Imperial Tutoship
- From İzmir Ephesus Soranus Medicine to Aydın Tralles Apollonius Sculpture and Germencik Menesthes Architecture: Gynecological Medicine, Farnese Bull Sculpture, and Ionic Architecture
- From İzmir Ephesus Xenophon's Romantic Novel to Priene Isidore Hagia Sophia and Halicarnassus Bryaxis Serapis: Romantic Literature, Dome Architecture, and Monumental Sculpture
- From İzmir Epicurus' Teos Garden to Nysa Aristodemus Library and Miletus Hecataeus Map: Epicureanism, Roman Rhetoric, and World's First Map
- From İzmir Erythrai Sibyl Oracles to Teos Hermogenes Architecture and Tralles Apollonius Sculpture: Roman Capitol Oracles, Pseudodipteral Layout, and Farnese Bull
- From İzmir Homer's Meles Valley to Priene Bias Justice and Urla Anaxagoras Philosophy: Iliad and Odyssey Epics, Seven Sages Law, and Birth of Astrophysics
- From İzmir Colophon Mimnermus Poetry to Teos Nausiphanes Philosophy and Knidos Chrysippus Medicine: Lyrical Poetry, Atomist Philosophy, and Experimental Dietetics
- From İzmir Smyrna Hermippus Biography to Teos Boëthos Sculptures and Knidos Ctesias Persica: Classical Biography, Bronze Sculptures, and Persian History
- From the İzmir–Aydın Railway Concession to Completion (1856–1866)
- Construction of the Karabel Luwian Pass King Tarkasnawa Border Monument (1250 BCE)
- Klazomenai Archaic Olive Oil Press and Industrial Production Revolution (6th c. BCE)
- Authoring of the 23-Volume Persica History by Royal Physician Ctesias of Knidos at the Persian Court (398 BC)
- Discovery of Experimental Physiology and Central Nervous System by Erasistratus of Cnidus (280 BC)
- From Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai to Kozak Yukarıbey Mosque and Göbeller Weaving Homes: 17th-Century Ottoman Inn, Floral Wood Paintings, and Granite Mansions
- Construction of Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai and Sadrazam Mahmut Paşa Foundation (1675 AD)
- From Metropolis Council to Belevi Mausoleum and Torbalı Aqueducts: Mother Goddess City, Royal Tombs, and Roman Aqueducts
- Creation of the World's First Known Geographic Map by Hecataeus of Miletus (510 BC)
- From Muğla Knidos Erasistratus' Physiology to Ephesus Artemidorus Dream Science and Tire Xenocrates Pharmacology: Experimental Neuroanatomy, Dream Psychology, and Imperial Pharmacology
- Composition of the Iliad and Odyssey by Epic Poet Homer along Meles Stream Valley (750 BC)
- Pergamon, Halicarnassus, Miletus: paths of knowledge
- From the Pentekonters of Phokaia to Çandarlı Castle: Eski Foça, Kyme, and Aeolian Sea Routes
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- Design of the Great Dome and Pendentives of Hagia Sophia by Master Architect Isidore of Miletus/Priene (532 AD)
- Composition of the 14-Book Trojan War Epic Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna (350 AD)
- From Mount Sipylus to the Karabel Luwian Pass: Akpınar Kybele, Niobe, and King Tarkasnawa
- Education of Epicurus by Nausiphanes of Teos and Establishment of Tean Atomist Philosophy (320 BC)
- Design of the Pseudodipteral Temple of Dionysus at Teos by Master Architect Hermogenes (220 BC)
- Establishment of Turkey's First Village Theater at Bademler (1932 CE)
- From Ulamış Mills to Birgivi Madrasa and Dağkızılca Aqueducts: Karakılçık Wheat, 1563 Ottoman Center, and Nif Mountain Bridges
- From Urla Quarantine Island to Panaztepe Harbor and Mount Nif: 1865 Steam Station, 2500 BCE Bronze Harbor, and Ancient Metallurgy
Connected cultural inventory
- Belevi Hellenistic Royal Mausoleum Monument
- Pergamon Acropolis: slope and plain layers
- Bergama Kozak Göbeller Village Granite Stone Houses and Weaving Homes
- Bergama Kozak Yukarıbey Village Hand-Painted Timber Mosque and Pine-Nut Terraces
- Historic Town of Birgi and Çakırağa Mansion
- Büyük Akkum Beach
- Çandarlı Castle, Ancient Pitane, and Çandarlı
- Delikli Bay
- Demircili Beach
- Dikili Bademli, Kalem Island, and Ancient City of Kane
- Ephesus Ancient City Birthplace of Scholar Artemidorus and Celsus Library
- Ephesus Ancient City Birthplace of Physician Rufus and Neuroanatomy Medical School
- Ephesus Ancient City Birthplace of Physician Soranus and Gynecological Medical School
- Ephesus Ancient City Birthplace of Novelist Xenophon and Grand Theater
- Ancient City of Erythrai and Ildırı Theater
- Erythrai Ancient City and Birthplace of Prophetess Sibyl Herophile
- Urban and coastal layers of Erythrai
- Ilıca Public Beach
- İzmir Smyrna Birthplace of Master Orator Aelius Aristides and Roman Agora
- Homer, Smyrna and the Meles tradition
- Karabel Luwian Pass and King Tarkasnawa Relief
- Kemalpaşa Mount Nif Ancient City and Metallurgy Workshops
- Killik Bay
- Klaros Sanctuary of Apollo Clarios
- Sanctuary and divination layers of Klaros
- Ancient City of Klazomenai and Urla İskele
- Urban and production layers of Klazomenai
- Klazomenai olive-oil workshop and Limantepe coastal context
- Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Hermesianax and Leontion Acropolis
- Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Mimnermus and Ionian Acropolis
- Colophon Ancient City and Birthplace of Philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon
- Ancient City of Kyme and Nemrut Bay
- Menemen Panaztepe 2500 BCE Bronze Age Harbor City and Necropolis
- Menemen Historic Taşhan Caravanserai and Sadrazam Mahmut Paşa Pottery Inn
- Ancient City of Metropolis and Marble Bouleuterion
- Metropolis Ancient Aqueducts and Cisterns
- Urban and hillside layers of Metropolis
- Ödemiş Birgi İmam-ı Birgivi Madrasa and Graveyard
- Ödemiş Lake Gölcük and Bozdağlar Plateau
- Pamucak Coast
- Pergamon / Bergama multi-layered cultural landscape
- Pergamon Ancient City Birthplace of Scholar Telephus and Imperial Library
- Pergamon Library Research Base of Mathematician Apollonius and Conics Sanctuary
- Pergamon and Ctesibius: Distinct Histories of Ancient Engineering
- Ancient City of Phokaia and Eski Foça
- Pırlanta Beach
- Seferihisar Ulamış Village and Historic Karakılçık Wheat Stone Mills
- Selçuk Mount Bülbüldağı House of the Virgin Mary (Panaya Kapulu)
- Selçuk Çamlık Open-Air Steam Locomotive Museum
- Selçuk Şirince Village Greek Stone Houses and Wine Cellars
- Smyrna Ancient City Birthplace of Biographer Hermippus and Ionian Acropolis
- Smyrna Ancient City Birthplace of Epic Poet Quintus and Posthomerica Assembly
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Philosopher Nausiphanes and Tean Atomist Garden
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Astronomer Androsthenes and Geared Astrolabe Observatory
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Master Sculptor Boëthos and Bronze Foundry
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Mathematician Theodosius and Spherical Geometry Acropolis
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Master Architect Hermogenes and Dionysus Temple
- Ancient City of Teos and Sığacık
- Harbour, urban and artistic layers of Teos
- Teos and Samos Lands Birthplace of Epicurus and Garden School
- Tire and Ege Region Birthplace of Imperial Pharmacologist Xenocrates and Ancient Workshops
- Tire Yalınayak Bathhouse and Historic Bazaar Guilds
- Torbalı Dağkızılca Village Nif Mountain Aqueducts and Stone Arch Bridge
- Urla Bademler Village Turkey's First Village Theater
- Urla Quarantine Island 1865 Ottoman Quarantine Station and Klazomenai
- Urla Klazomenai and Birthplace of Anaxagoras of Clazomenae
- Urla Özbek Village Historic Stone Pier and Olive Mills