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The 12 pages that link to Smyrna, each with the reason it gives.

• Ignatius of AntiochRelated: Ignatius addressed a church there and met its bishop, Polycarp, during his journey.

• IoniaBroader topic: Smyrna’s strategic harbor connected Ionian settlements to wider Aegean commerce.

• Asia (Roman province)Broader topic: Its status and prosperity illustrate the province's competitive city culture.

• Greek refugeesBroader topic: Its Greek population became a prominent part of the 1922 flight from Anatolia.

• RebetikoRelated: Musicians from Smyrna brought cosmopolitan styles into Greek urban music.

• Genoese coloniesBroader topic: Genoese merchants held a fortified position there in the fourteenth century amid shifting regional powers.

• PolycarpBroader topic: Polycarp served as bishop there and was traditionally executed in the city.

• IrenaeusBroader topic: Irenaeus’s remembered connection to Polycarp places part of his formation in this city.

• Aristotle OnassisRelated: Onassis was born there in 1906, before the city’s upheavals transformed his family’s circumstances.

• Sabbatai ZeviRelated: Zevi was born and raised in Smyrna, where his messianic proclamation began.

• Adonis (Greek mythology)Related: The name connects Adonis’s birth story to traditions about Myrrha.

• Smyrniote CrusadesBroader topic: The crusaders captured its harbor but did not take the Aydınid-held upper city.