The site was occupied by people prior to the Bronze Age, there is no agreed upon date in which worship at the Temple of Artemis began.
Artemision [Αρτεμίσιον] was the temple of the Olympian goddess of hunting, wilderness and wild life Artemis who was sister of Apollo. The temple was build at 550 BCE in Ephesus. It was included in travel guides of the ancient times in the Hellenistic period as one of the seven wonders someone had to see in his life time as we do today for places of interest. Antipater of Sidon was the first to leave written evidence of these travel guides.
Landscape changes over time, what is a marsh now was once a river that traveled to the ocean. The Temple of Artemis also served as a trade center.
The Temple of Artemis is located on the continent of Asia, specifically in the ancient city of Ephesus, which is in present-day Turkey. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was dedicated to the goddess Artemis. The temple served as a major religious and cultural center in the region during its time.
Artemis and other gods and goddesses of Greek myth were worshiped in Ancient Greece.
Ancient Greece, pre- Middle Ages.
The Temple of Artemis is in ruins in present day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was lost in the time of Suetonius, the Roman Emperor Caligula having given orders for it's destruction.
The 7th wonder that survived the shortest was the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus which lasted from 409-356. (53 years) It was destroyed by Goths. The Lighthouse of Alexandra lasted from 1303-1480 A.D. (177 years) It Was destroyed by an earthquake.
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was build at 550 BCE but does not exist today. It has been destroyed twice. The first time at 356 BCE by Herostratus and was rebuild by Alexander the Great. The second time it was destroyed by the Goths at 409 AD/ CE.
No one can truly say as much was likely stolen from the ruins from the time it was abandoned and found. What we have found is stone engravings and images.
in their time
The most famous and known notion of the time is in the seventh century the old temple was destroyed by a flood. The construction of the "new" temple, which was to become known as one of the wonders of the ancient world, began around 550 BC. It was a 120-year project, initially designed and built by the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes, at the expense of Croesus of Lydia.
According to the Callimachus Hymn to Artemis, the goddess Artemis rarely goes to cities. She prefers to stay in the wild and spend her time hunting. The only reason she would visit cities was to help women in childbirth. So it is unlikely that Artemis would have a favorite city. However, she is the patron of Sparta, and Ephesus and a huge temple in her honor.