Evidence of the first settlement at the site has been made inaccessible by the rise of sea level and deposition of sediments from the Maeander. The first available evidence is of the Neolithic. In the early and middle Bronze Age the settlement came under Minoan influence. Recorded history at Miletus begins with the records of the Hittite Empire, and the Mycenaean records of Pylos and Knossos, in the Late Bronze Age. Miletus was a Mycenaean stronghold on the coast of Asia Minor from to 1100 BC.
evIDeNcE Of ThE FirsT settlement aT tHe SIte hAs bEen madE inaCcEsSIble by the rISe Of sEA LeVEl aNd dePositIon Of sediMeNts From thE MAeander. ThE fiRSt aVailAble evidence is oF tHE neoLithic. in the Early AND mIdDLE bronzE aGe the settLEmENt cAme unDer minoan INflueNcE. recOrded historY aT Miletus Begins With the rEcords of tHe hittITe eMpiRe, and the mYcENAean rEcords oF pyLos aNd knossOs, IN tHE late broNze age. MiletUs wAS a MycenaeaN STrONghOld On thE coast of AsiA minOr fRom to 1100 bc.