Maeonia

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Maeonia is an ancient name, often used in Greek sources, for the region later known as Lydia in western Anatolia.

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Maeonia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographical name
historical region
associatedWithLanguageFamily Anatolian languages
associatedWithMythicFigure Niobe
Omphale
Tantalus
associatedWithPeople Lydians
Maeonians
linked to: Pelasgians
associatedWithRiver Hermus River
Pactolus River
capitalLaterInLydia Sardis
equatedWith Lydia
ethnonymForm Maeones
Maeonians
linked to: Pelasgians
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Anatolian cultures
Greek culture
hasEconomicActivity gold extraction from Pactolus River
metalworking
textile production
hasModernTerritoryOverlap western Turkey
hasNameOriginLanguage Ancient Greek
historicalStatus pre-classical designation of Lydia
knownFromSourceType historical traditions
mythological traditions
laterKnownAs Lydia
laterRuledBy Achaemenid Empire
Hellenistic kingdoms
Lydian kings
Roman Empire
locatedIn Asia Minor
western Anatolia
linked to: Western Anatolia
mentionedByAuthor Herodotus
Homer
Strabo
mentionedIn Ancient Greek literature
neighboringRegion Caria
Ionia
Phrygia
partOf Achaemenid satrapy of Lydia
Anatolia
pre-GreekNameFor Lydia
predecessorOf Lydian kingdom
linked to: Lydian Kingdom
religiousCult Apollo worship
Cybele worship
Zeus worship
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Late Bronze Age

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