Ancient Lydia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ancient_Lydia
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Caria
gptkb:Ionia
gptkb:Mysia
gptkb:Phrygia
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Sardis
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkbp:currency electrum coins
gptkbp:flourishedDuring 7th century BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ancient Lydia
gptkbp:knownFor first coinage
gptkbp:language Lydian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:western_Anatolia
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Hermus_River
gptkbp:mythologicalRole gptkb:Niobe
gptkb:Tantalus
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkb:Sardis
gptkb:Magnesia_ad_Sipylum
gptkb:Thyatira
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Alyattes
gptkb:Croesus
gptkbp:period gptkb:Iron_Age
gptkbp:regionToday gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:religion mythology
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Achaemenid_satrapy_of_Lydia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stater
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7