Lydia

Summary

Lydia is a historical country^[1]. Lydia ranks in the top 8% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,159 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lydia is in the country of Turkey^[3].
• Lydia's continent is recorded as 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 VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146622070^[12].
• Lydia's GND ID is recorded as 4036743-5^[13].
• Lydia's locator map image is recorded as Map of the Kingdom of Lydia.png^[14].
• Lydia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83201727^[15].
• Lydia's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12050178p^[16].
• Lydia's Commons category is recorded as Lydia^[17].
• -1200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lydia^[18].
• Lydia was dissolved in -0546-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Lydia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40, 'lon': 30}^[20].
• Lydia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04l3y^[21].
• Lydia's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge442627^[22].
• Lydia's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Anatolia^[23].
• Lydia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lydia^[24].
• Lydia's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX452167^[25].
• Lydia's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1244727^[26].
• Lydia's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0037213^[27].

Body

Founding

-1200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lydia^[18].

Dissolution

Lydia was dissolved in -0546-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].

Brands and Namesakes

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

Why It Matters

Lydia ranks in the top 8% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,159 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 Lydian mode^[28], a modal scale^[29] and 110 Lydia^[30], an asteroid^[31].