the explorers journal the climate change issue - The Explorers Club
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Miletos<br />
<strong>The</strong> great <strong>the</strong>ater dates from immediately after <strong>the</strong> time of<br />
Alexander. A Byzantine fortress clings to it, “ like a barnacle<br />
on its back”, in <strong>the</strong> words of <strong>the</strong> English traveler Freya Stark.<br />
Miletos was <strong>the</strong> greatest commercial emporium in Asia Minor.<br />
When Alexander arrived, he found a Persian garrison<br />
in control, and Miletos thus became <strong>the</strong> first city to offer him<br />
resistance. Alexander vigorously besieged <strong>the</strong> city and blockaded<br />
<strong>the</strong> Persian fleet until Miletos surrendered.<br />
52 <strong>the</strong> <strong>explorers</strong> <strong>journal</strong>
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