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Hecataeus of Miletus

550 BC - 476 BC

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Hecataeus of Miletus (; Greek: Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 550 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hecataeus of Miletus has received more than 388,386 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Hecataeus of Miletus is the 15th most popular historian (up from 24th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 140th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Historian.

Hecataeus of Miletus is most famous for being the first historian to write about the Persian Wars.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 15 out of 339Before him are Polybius, Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Thomas Kuhn, and Manetho. After him are Procopius, Cassius Dio, Arnold J. Toynbee, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Mircea Eliade, and Fernand Braudel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 4Before him are Darius the Great, Cambyses II, and Zechariah. After him are Aristides, Haggai, Ephialtes of Trachis, Atossa, Mahākāśyapa, Goujian, Labashi-Marduk, and Kapila. Among people deceased in 476 BC, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 1After him is Anaxilas.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 102 out of 1,301Before him are Irenaeus (130), Leo III the Isaurian (675), Andromache (null), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), Pedanius Dioscorides (40), and Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224). After him are Enver Pasha (1881), Cassius Dio (155), Artemisia I of Caria (-500), Saint Pantaleon (275), Gregory of Nyssa (335), and Ulfilas (311).

Among HISTORIANS In Turkey

Among historians born in Turkey, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 2Before him are Herodotus (-484). After him are Cassius Dio (155), Arrian (89), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Niketas Choniates (1155), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Libanius (314), Eutropius (320), Ephorus (-400), George Kedrenos (1100), and Eunapius (349).