İzmir: History, Former Names & Timeline
An ancient harbour on the eastern Aegean, said to be Homer's birthplace, and a centre of the Levant trade.
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Former names of İzmir
| From | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1000 BC | Smyrna | |
| 1930 | İzmir |
Timeline of İzmir
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 288 BC | Lysimachus refounds the city on Mount Pagos |
| 1424 | The Ottomans take Smyrna |
| 1922 | End of the Greco-Turkish War; the Great Fire of Smyrna |
Who ruled İzmir
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–324 BC | Achaemenid Empire |
| 323 BC–301 BC | Empire of Alexander |
| 300 BC–201 BC | Kingdom of Antigonus |
| 200 BC–101 BC | Seleucid Kingdom |
| 100 BC–2 BC | Roman Republic |
| 1 BC–299 | Roman Empire |
| 300–399 | Rome (Diocletianus) |
| 400–799 | Eastern Roman Empire |
| 800–1399 | Byzantine Empire |
| 1400–1491 | Beylik of Aydin |
| 1492–1919 | Ottoman Empire |
| 1920–1929 | Greece |
| 1930–1937 | Republic of Turkey |
| 1938–1944 | Greece |
| 1945–today | Turkey |
Battles and sites near İzmir
- Ephesus · AD 431
- Battle of Çeşme · 1770