Those early settlers came in contact with people known for their worship of a mother - goddess, a deity that would later be known as the Ephesian Artemis.
7वीं सदी के मध्य में, खानाबदोश ज़िंदगी जीनेवाली साइमीरी जाति, उत्तर के काले सागर से एशिया माइनर को लूटने आयी ।