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finer grain than jasper, and less
splintery than hornstone. It was the
Lydian stone or
touchstone of the ancients. It is
mentioned and its use described...
- The
Lydians (Gr****: Λυδοί;
known as
Sparda to the Achaemenids, Old
Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭) were an
Anatolian people living in Lydia, a
region in western...
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Lydian is an
extinct Indo-European
Anatolian language spoken in the
region of Lydia, in
western Anatolia (now in Turkey). The
language is
attested in graffiti...
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Sardis (/ˈsɑːrdɪs/ SAR-diss) or
Sardes (/ˈsɑːrdiːs/ SAR-deess;
Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭, romanized: Sfar;
Ancient Gr****: Σάρδεις, romanized: Sárdeis; Old Persian:...
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Croesus (/ˈkriːsəs/ KREE-səs;
Lydian: 𐤨𐤭𐤬𐤥𐤦𐤮𐤠𐤮 Krowisas; Phrygian: Akriaewais;
Ancient Gr****: Κροῖσος, romanized: Kroisos; Latin: Croesus; reigned:...
- AD) [unclassified] Proto-Palaic
Palaic (16th–15th
century BC) Proto-
Lydian Lydian (8th–3rd
century BC) Proto-Hittite (c. 2100 BC) Kanišite
Hittite (c...
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conquering the
Median empire,
Cyrus led the
Achaemenids to
conquer the
Lydian Empire and
eventually the Neo-Babylonian Empire. He also led an expedition...
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Alyattes (
Lydian language: 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯𐤤𐤮 Walweteś;
Ancient Gr****: Ἀλυάττης Aluáttēs;
reigned c. 635-585 BC),
sometimes described as
Alyattes I, was...
- The name "Goliath"
itself is non-Semitic and has been
linked with the
Lydian king Alyattes,
which also fits the
Philistine context of the
biblical Goliath...
- 2021-10-12. "Music from Greece".
Domna Samiou.
Retrieved 2021-10-12.
Lydian Stone by
George Hatzimichelakis, 2019-06-12,
retrieved 2021-10-12 Angelina...
