Lydia

Summary

Lydia is a historical country^[1]. Lydia ranks in the top 8% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,160 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lydia is in the country of Turkey^[3].
• Lydia is on the continent of Asia^[4].
• Lydia's instance of is recorded as historical country^[5].
• Lydia's instance of is recorded as realm^[6].
• Lydia's instance of is recorded as historical region^[7].
• Lydia's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[8].
• Lydia's capital is recorded as Sardis^[9].
• Lydia's official language is recorded as Lydian^[10].
• Lydia's currency is recorded as stater^[11].
• Lydia's Commons category is recorded as Lydia^[12].
• 1200 BC marks the founding of Lydia^[13].
• Lydia was dissolved in 546 BC^[14].
• Lydia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40, 'lon': 30}^[15].
• Lydia's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Anatolia^[16].
• Lydia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lydia^[17].
• Lydia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Lydia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Lydia's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[20].
• Lydia's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[21].
• Lydia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• Lydia's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[23].
• Lydia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[24].
• Lydia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[25].
• Lydia's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Lydia'}^[26].
• Lydia's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Λυδία'}^[27].

Body

Founding

1200 BC marks the founding of Lydia^[13].

Dissolution

Lydia was dissolved in 546 BC^[14].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Lydia include 110 Lydia^[28], an asteroid^[29] and Lydian mode^[30], a modal scale^[31].

Why It Matters

Lydia ranks in the top 8% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,160 views/month).^[2] Lydia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Lydia is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Lydia include 110 Lydia^[28], an asteroid^[29] and Lydian mode^[30], a modal scale^[31].