Lydia
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Lydia was an Indo-European Iron Age kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital w
The temple of Artemis in Sardis, capital of Lydia
Tripolis on the Meander is an ancient Lydian city in Turkey.
Büyük Menderes River, also known as the Maeander, is a river in Lydia.
Gyges tablet, British Museum
Sardis
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Sardis or Sardes was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the capital of the Persian satrapy of Lydia and later a major center
Lydia
…in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis. At some point before 800 BC, the Lydian people achieved a certain level of political cohesion, and existed as an independent kingdom by the 600s BC…
The Greek gymnasium of Sardis
View of the citadel from below
This 6th-century BC coin reflects the Sardians' interest in glyptic art.
The lydion was an everyday pottery shape used for cosmetics.