Lydians
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The Lydians were an ancient Anatolian people famed for their wealthy kingdom in western Asia Minor and for pioneering the use of coined money.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lydian | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anatolian people
ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ |
| afterConquestBecame | satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWith | gold deposits of the Pactolus River ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Pactolus River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Sardis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredIn | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Lydia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyInnovation | first standardized metal coins ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Lydia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
6th century BCE
ⓘ
7th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced | Greek culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greeks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hittites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
control of trade routes in western Anatolia
ⓘ
great wealth ⓘ invention of coinage ⓘ use of electrum coins ⓘ |
| language | Lydian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastKing | Croesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
western Anatolia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| militaryConflictWith | Medes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborOf |
Carians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrygians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Alyattes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gyges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Iron Age civilizations ⓘ |
| practiced | polytheistic religion related to Anatolian and Greek cults ⓘ |
| religion | polytheism ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Heraclid dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mermnad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedTreatyWith | Medes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spoke | Indo-European language ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| treatyMediatedBy |
Babylonians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cilicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanCenter |
Philadelphia (Lydia)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sardis NERFINISHED ⓘ Thyatira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedWritingSystem | Lydian alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
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this entity surface form:
Lydian