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ID: 7002615 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002615			Record Type: administrative

Sardes (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 29 19 N degrees minutes			Lat: 38.4886 decimal degrees
Long: 028 02 25 E degrees minutes			Long: 28.0404 decimal degrees

Note: Ancient city of Asia Minor, located in strategic position in Hermus valley; capital of ancient kingdom of Lydia, flourished into Roman and Byzantine times; taken by the Persians, then by Athenians in 6th-5th centuries BCE; one of Seven Churches of Asia Minor.

Names:

Sardes (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)

Sardis (C,V,English,U)

Sart (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

........

Türkiye (nation) (P)

............

Manisa (province) (P)

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Sardes (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)	............	was important Lydian city, destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402
archaeological site (C)	............	discovered in 1958
inhabited place (H)
ancient site (C)

Related geographic places:

located on ....	Persian Royal Road .......... (road)
..................	(World, Asia) [8711714]
near/adjacent to ....	Maǧara Deresi .......... (ravine)
..............................	(World, Asia, Türkiye, Manisa) [8712253]

Sources and Contributors:

Sardes..........	[GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................	GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Sardis..........	[BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
.................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 177
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1081

Sart..........	[VP]
...........	ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)

Subject: .....	[BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................	ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................	GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) 12456353
..................	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 177
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1081


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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