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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. 476 BC), son of Hegesander, was an early Greek historian and geographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hecataeus of Miletus is the 14th most popular historian (down from 13th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 89th 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 14 out of 561. Before him are Josephus, Diodorus Siculus, Alexis de Tocqueville, Polybius, Suetonius, and Thomas Kuhn. After him are Procopius, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Mircea Eliade, Cassius Dio, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and Manetho.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 113 out of 1,347. Before him are Saint Pantaleon (275), Ephrem the Syrian (306), Murad V (1840), Gordian I (159), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), and Osman III (1699). After him are Ulfilas (311), Al-Battani (858), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Irenaeus (130), Stefan Dušan (1308), and Romanos IV Diogenes (1030).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

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

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