Lydian Kingdom

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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.

Aliases (2)

Lydians ×7
Kingdom 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	Lydians →
fellInBattle	Battle of Thymbra →
floruitCentury	6th century BCE → 7th century BCE →
influenced	Greek coinage →
influencedBy	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 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	modern Turkey →
religion	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 (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cyrus the Great → Cyrus the Great →	conquered
Achaemenid Empire ("Lydians") → Lydian Kingdom ("Lydians") →	ethnicGroup
Ionia → Teos →	underRuleOf
Lydian ("Lydians") →	associatedPeople
Phrygia ("Lydians") →	conqueredBy
Ancyra ("Lydians") →	controlledBy
Lydian ("Kingdom of Lydia") →	countryInAntiquity
Histories ("Lydians") →	describesCulture
Anatolia ("Lydians") →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Anatolia →	wasCenterOf