Lydia

E95370
ancient kingdom historical region

Lydia was an ancient Iron Age kingdom in western Anatolia, renowned for its wealth, early coinage, and powerful kings such as Croesus.

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Label Occurrences
Lydia canonical 41

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
afterConquestStatus satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
capital Sardis ⓘ
coinageMaterial electrum ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
conquestDate c. 546 BC ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Greek world ⓘ
currencyInnovation one of the earliest coinage systems ⓘ
dynasty Mermnad dynasty ⓘ
economicBase agriculture ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
trade ⓘ
famousKing Alyattes II ⓘ
surface form: Alyattes

Croesus ⓘ
Gyges ⓘ
flourishedDuring 6th century BC ⓘ
7th century BC ⓘ
importantCity Magnesia ad Sipylum ⓘ
Philadelphia (ancient city) ⓘ
Sardis ⓘ
Thyatira ⓘ
knownFor Croesus ⓘ
surface form: King Croesus

early coinage ⓘ
electrum coins ⓘ
great wealth ⓘ
powerful monarchy ⓘ
language Lydian ⓘ
surface form: Lydian language
laterUnderControlOf Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Western Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: western Anatolia
majorDeity Artemis ⓘ
Cybele ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
majorRiver Hermus River ⓘ
Pactolus River ⓘ
mentionedInSource Herodotus ⓘ
neighboringRegion Caria ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ
Mysia ⓘ
Phrygia ⓘ
partOf ancient Anatolia ⓘ
predecessorEntity Maeonia ⓘ
religion Anatolian polytheism ⓘ
reputedSourceOfWealth gold from the Pactolus River ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
writingSystem Lydian alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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

Neo-Babylonian Empire → conflict → Lydia ⓘ
Lydian → region → Lydia ⓘ
Phrygia → borderedBy → Lydia ⓘ
King of Persia → expandedInto → Lydia ⓘ
subject surface form: Cyrus the Great
Roman province of Asia → region → Lydia ⓘ
Omphale → country → Lydia ⓘ
Omphale → associatedWithRegion → Lydia ⓘ
Saite political renaissance → hasForeignRelationsWith → Lydia ⓘ
Mysia → neighboringRegion → Lydia ⓘ
Tantalus → associatedPlace → Lydia ⓘ
Sardis → locatedIn → Lydia ⓘ
Western Anatolia → containsHistoricalRegion → Lydia ⓘ
Ionian Revolt → hasRegionInvolved → Lydia ⓘ
Artaphernes → governedTerritory → Lydia ⓘ
Cimmerians → invaded → Lydia ⓘ
Anatolian paganism → associatedWith → Lydia ⓘ
Tmolos → country → Lydia ⓘ
Tmolos → locatedInMythology → Lydia ⓘ
Tmolos → worshippedIn → Lydia ⓘ
Manisa → historicalRegion → Lydia ⓘ
Pactolus River gold → locatedIn → Lydia ⓘ
Kingdom of Maeonia → associatedWith → Lydia ⓘ
Kingdom of Maeonia → category → Lydia ⓘ
Croesus → country → Lydia ⓘ
Gyges → reignedOver → Lydia ⓘ
Gyges → country → Lydia ⓘ
Ardys II → country → Lydia ⓘ
Sadyattes → country → Lydia ⓘ
Alyattes II → country → Lydia ⓘ
Alyattes II → placeOfDeath → Lydia ⓘ
Mermnad dynasty → countryRuled → Lydia ⓘ
Mermnad dynasty → locatedIn → Lydia ⓘ
Heraclid dynasty → country → Lydia ⓘ
Heraclid dynasty → governedTerritory → Lydia ⓘ
Astyages → associatedWith → Lydia ⓘ
Median dynasty → sharesBorderWith → Lydia ⓘ
Treaty of Apamea → requiredCessionOf → Lydia ⓘ
Battle of Thymbra → place → Lydia ⓘ
Battle of Corupedium → locatedIn → Lydia ⓘ
Cleopatra of Macedon → placeOfDeath → Lydia ⓘ
Side → cameUnderControlOf → Lydia ⓘ