Lydian Kingdom

E67648

Iron Age polity ancient kingdom monarchy

The Lydian Kingdom was an ancient Anatolian monarchy famed for its wealth, early use of coinage, and powerful capital at Sardis before its fall to the Persian Empire.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Lydian Kingdom canonical	8
Lydians	7
Kingdom of Lydia	5
Lydian kingdom	2
Kingdom of Lydia under Sadyattes	1
Lydian civilization	1
Lydian kings	1
Mermnad rulers of Lydia	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iron Age polity ⓘ ancient kingdom ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
capital	Sardis ⓘ
conqueredBy	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Cyrus the Great ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
currency	electrum coins ⓘ gold coins ⓘ silver coins ⓘ
dynasty	Mermnad dynasty ⓘ
earlierDynasty	Heraclid dynasty ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ metalworking ⓘ trade ⓘ
endTime	c. 546 BCE ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Lydian Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lydians
fellInBattle	Battle of Thymbra ⓘ
floruitCentury	6th century BCE ⓘ 7th century BCE ⓘ
influenced	Greek coinage ⓘ
influencedBy	Anatolia ⓘ surface form: Anatolian cultures Greek culture ⓘ
knownFor	Pactolus River gold ⓘ control of trade routes ⓘ early use of coinage ⓘ great wealth ⓘ powerful cavalry ⓘ rich gold deposits ⓘ
language	Lydian ⓘ surface form: Lydian language
lastRuler	Croesus ⓘ
locatedIn	Anatolia ⓘ Western Anatolia ⓘ
mintedAt	Sardis ⓘ
neighbor	Caria ⓘ Cilicia ⓘ Ionia ⓘ Media ⓘ Mysia ⓘ Phrygia ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Near East ⓘ
predecessor	Kingdom of Maeonia ⓘ
regionToday	Turkey ⓘ surface form: modern Turkey
religion	Anatolian paganism ⓘ surface form: Anatolian polytheism Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ruler	Alyattes II ⓘ Ardys II ⓘ Gyges ⓘ Sadyattes ⓘ
startTime	c. 12th century BCE ⓘ
successor	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Achaemenid satrapy of Lydia ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyrus the Great → conquered → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

Achaemenid Empire → ethnicGroup → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydians

Ionia → underRuleOf → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

Teos → underRuleOf → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

Lydian → countryInAntiquity → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Lydia

Lydian → associatedPeople → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydians

works of Herodotus → describesCulture → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Histories

this entity surface form: Lydians

Phrygia → conqueredBy → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydians

Ancyra → controlledBy → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydians

Anatolia → historicallyInhabitedBy → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydians

Anatolia → wasCenterOf → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

Lydian Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Lydian Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydians

King of Persia → conquered → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Cyrus the Great

Colophon → conqueredBy → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

Asian Turkey → historicalRegionOf → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydian civilization

Sardis → partOf → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydian kingdom

Sardis → associatedWith → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydian kings

Cimmerians → conflictWith → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Lydia

Pactolus River gold → associatedWith → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

Kingdom of Maeonia → predecessorOf → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Lydia

Kingdom of Maeonia → successor → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Lydia

Ardys II → partOf → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lydian kingdom

Ardys II → successorState → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Lydia under Sadyattes

Alyattes II → eraNamedIn → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

Alyattes II → partOf → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mermnad rulers of Lydia

Battle of Thymbra → combatant → Lydian Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Lydia