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    Lydia

    Iron Age kingdom and then province in Asia Minor

    Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis. At some point before 800 BC, the Lydian people achieved some sort of political cohesion, and existed as an independent kingdom by the 600s BC. At its greatest extent, during the 7th century BC, it covered all of western Anatolia. In 546 BC, it became a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire, known as Sparda in Old Persian. In 133 BC, it became part of the Roman province of Asia. Lydian coins, made of electrum, are among the oldest in existence, dated to around the 7th century BC. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Ludía; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire.Its capital was Sardis.. At some point before 800 BC, the Lydian people achieved some sort of political cohesion, and existed as an independent kingdom by ...
  3. about-history.com

    Sep 11, 2023Lydia was an ancient kingdom in Asia Minor 1200 BC - 546 BC. The royal capital of Lydia was Sardis. The whole country had fertile fields, especially Sardis. The land was rich in horses, gave good wine, saffron, zinc and other metals, especially gold that made the country very rich.
  4. worldhistory.org

    Lydia was a region of western Asia Minor which prospered due to its natural resources and position on trading routes between the Mediterranean and Asia. The Kingdom of Lydia flourished in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE and expanded to its greatest extent during the reign of Croesus, famed for his great wealth.Lydia then became a Persian satrapy with its capital at Sardis.
  5. King Gyges. About 687 BC, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, King Gyges started the new country of Lydia (LID-ee-ah), in modern Turkey where the Hittites had ruled before the Dark Age. Who were the Hittites? When was Herodotus writing? All our West Asia articles. Now that the Assyrian Empire had collapsed, and the Neo-Babylonians were not very strong, it was pretty easy for new ...
  6. academia.edu

    Lydia was an ancient region, located in inner western Anatolia, and compared to the coastline of western Asia Minor its archaeology is not well-known. We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines of ancient studies related to this region. The aim of this symposium is to report on the state of ...
  7. bmcr.brynmawr.edu

    1.3 The Geography of Ancient Lydia 1.4 Chronology 1.5 Lydian Prehistory 1.6 Early Lydian History - The Atyad Dynasty 1.7 Towards Historicity - The Heraclid Dynasty 1.8 Regional Hegemony - The Mermnad Dynasty 1.9 The End of the Lydian Kingdom. 1.10 Lydia After the Lydians 2 Sardis and the Archaeology of Lydia (J. Wintjes) 2.1 Introductory ...
  8. oxfordreference.com

    Lydia contained much natural wealth, and lying on two main routes from the coast to the interior of Anatolia it was an entrepôt, exposed to Greek and Anatolian influences, which are reflected in its civilization, art, and cults. Under the Mermnad dynasty (c.700-546 bc) Lydia was a powerful kingdom, which by the time of its last king Croesus ...
  9. worldhistory.org

    Chapter Two surveys the history of Lydia's rediscovery from the 14th-21st centuries and the archaeology of Sardis, capital of Lydia, and greater Lyida. In this, it becomes apparent to the reader that a lack of significant archaeology of ancient Lydia is problematic for reconstructing a historical narrative that fits with literary accounts of Lydia.

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