" Lydia (Assyrian:
Luddu;
Greek:
Λυδία) was an
Iron Age kingdom of western
Asia Minor located generally
east of ancient
Ionia in the modern
Turkish provinces of
Manisa and inland
İzmir. Its population spoke an
Anatolian language known as
Lydian.
At its greatest extent, the Kingdom of Lydia covered all of western Anatolia. Lydia was later the name for a Roman province. Coins were invented in Lydia around 610 BC." Source: Wikipedia
At its greatest extent, the Kingdom of Lydia covered all of western Anatolia. Lydia was later the name for a Roman province. Coins were invented in Lydia around 610 BC." Source: Wikipedia
