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\u201cAhmose became a lover of the Hellenes; and besides other proofs of friendship which he gave to several among them, he also granted the city of Naucratis for those of them who came to Egypt to dwell in; and to those who did not desire to stay, but who made voyages thither, he granted portions of land to set up altars and make sacred enclosures for their gods. Their greatest enclosure and that one which has most name and is most frequented is called the Hellenion, and this was established by the following cities in common: \u2013of the Ionians Chios, Teos, Phocaia, Clazomenai, of the Dorians Rhodes, Cnidos, Halicarnassos, Phaselis, and of the Aiolians Mytilene alone.\u201c \u2013 Heroditus \nAfter his overthrow of Apries, the pharaoh Ahmose II increased Egyptian prosperity by centralizing and facilitating Greek trade at Naucratis.\xa0 King Alyattes used Lydia\u2019s vast mineral wealth to maintain a powerful army and mint the world\u2019s first coins.\xa0 Thales and the philosophers of the Milesian school introduced rationality and scientific inquiry into their studies of the cosmos. \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices