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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 .
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Date: 29 April 2013, 14:17:54: Source: Original picture: File:Map of Lydia ancient times.jpg; Info from these maps: Map 1 (brown): "middle of the 6th century at the time of King Croesus"
Map showing Sardis and other cities within the Lydian Empire. Shading shows Lydia in the middle of the 6th century BCE at the time of King Croesus; red line shows its earlier extent in the 7th century BCE. Herodotus recounts a legend that the city was founded by the sons of Heracles, the Heracleidae.
Troy I's fortifications were the most elaborate in northwestern Anatolia at the time. [13] [14] (pp9–12) Troy I was founded around 3000 BC on what was then the eastern shore of a shallow lagoon. It was significantly smaller than later settlements at the site, with a citadel covering less than 1 ha. However, it stood out from its neighbours in ...
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Map of the Lydian Empire under Croesus, 6th century BC. Lydia, or Maeonia as it was called before 687 BC, was a major part of the history of western Anatolia, beginning with the Atyad dynasty, who first appeared around 1300 BC. Lydia was situated to the west of Phrygia and east of the Aegean settlement of Ionia.
Lydia c. 50 AD, with the main settlements and Greek colonies. Not to be confused with Lycians , another Anatolian people. The Lydians ( Greek : Λυδοί; known as Sparda to the Achaemenids , Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭 ) were an Anatolian people living in Lydia , a region in western Anatolia , who spoke the distinctive Lydian ...