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ID: 7016631
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016631

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lydia (former nation/state/empire)  Lydia (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 41 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.6833  decimal degrees
Long: 027 31 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 27.5167  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient kingdom of west Asia Minor, ruled by the Mernadae dynasty ca. 700-550 BCE; very wealthy; first use of coins attributed to Lydian kings, 7th century BCE; incoporated into Persia ca. 545 BCE when Cyrus the Great defeated Croesus, last king of Lydia.

Names:
Lydia (preferred,C,V)
Lydia, Kingdom of (C,V)
Kingdom of Lydia (C,V)
Sparda (H,V)
Maeonia (H,V)
Lydian (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  ........  Turkey (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lydia (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Lydia (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)
general region (C)
kingdom (H)
satrapy (H)  ............  of Achaemenid empire

Sources and Contributors:
Kingdom of Lydia..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley Online (2016-) accessed 9 July 2019
Lydia..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 117
Lydia, Kingdom of..........  [VP]
................................  Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley Online (2016-) accessed 9 July 2019
Lydian..........  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-) accessed 24 October 2013
Maeonia..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 541
Sparda..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 541
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 117
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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