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1200 BCELydia arises as a Neo-Hittite kingdom.
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1185 BCE - 687 BCEHeraclid dynasty rules Lydia.
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c. 700 BCE - 546 BCEThe Mermnad dynasty rules Lydia.
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687 BCE - 652 BCEKing Gyges rules Lydia and expands its borders. Sardis becomes Lydian capital.
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c. 685 BCE - 546 BCEMermnad Dynasty rules Lydia.
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c. 635 BCE - 585 BCEReign of Alyattes of Lydia. Minting of first coins made from electrum.
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c. 625 BCELydia drives back the Cimmerians and conquers Phrygia.
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c. 600 BCEGordium becomes part of Lydia.
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28 May 585 BCEA battle between Media and Lydia broke off immediately as a result of a total eclipse of the sun and the two armies made peace. The eclipse was successfully predicted by Thales of Miletus.
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560 BCEThe oracles of Delphi and Thebes both tell King Croesus of Lydia that if he attacks the Medes, he will destroy a great empire. Seeing this as a good omen, he goes to war, loses, and the Lydian Empire is destroyed.
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560 BCE - 546 BCEReign of Croesus of Lydia.
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c. 550 BCE - c. 430 BCEConstruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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c. 498 BCEIonians and Greek allies invade and burn Sardis (capital of Lydia).
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334 BCESardis surrenders to Alexander the Great.
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280 BCELydia becomes a part of the Seleucid Empire.
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133 BCELydia and its captial Sardis comes under Roman rule.
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17 BCEAn earthquake destroys 12 cities in Lydia, including Sardis.
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124 CERoman emperor Hadrian visits Lydia.
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215 CERoman emperor Caracalla visits Lydia.
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615 CESardis is sacked by Sassanian Persians; damage is never repaired
