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Tellier, Luc-Normand (2009): Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective, PUQ, s.79: «The neighboring Greek city of Miletus, located on the Menander river was another terminal of the same route; it exerted certain hegemony over the Black sea trade and created about fifty commercial entrepôts in the Aegean sea and Black sea region...»
Sansone, David (2003): Ancient Greek civilization; John Wiley & Sons, s. 79: «In the seventh and sixth centuries BC the city of Miletus was among the most prosperous and powerful of Greek poleis.»
Graham, A. J. (1999): Colony and Mother City in Ancient Greece, Manchester University Press, s. 98. Sitat: «Judged by the number of its colonies Miletus was the greatest of the Greek mother cities. For though some of the more extravagance claims made in antiquate have not been substantiated by modern investigations, her colonies were by far more numerous than those of any other Greek cities.»
