Polity · 700 BCE – 541 BCE
Lydia
Λυδία
- Peak recorded area
- 256,101 km²
- 600 BCE
- Data series
- 17
- 670 BCE–585 BCE
Overview
Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.
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Territory
7 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 541 BCE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop | 15Kpersons670 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 0.5474score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 0.8333score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Battle Count | 1battles585 BCE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Military Levels | 5.5levels670 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Sophistication | 0.1875score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Territory | 5.4score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Territory km² | 250Ksq km600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 4.5levels670 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 3.5levels670 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.6score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 4.67score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 0.7462score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.9333score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop | 4.18score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels | 3.5score600 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Lydian
- Currency
- stater
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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