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121Крёз (царь Лидии) — Крёз др. греч. Κροίσος …
122Chrysiridia — ? Chrysiridia Урания мад …
123Мадагаскарская урания — Для термина «Урания» см. другие значения. ? Урания мадагаскарская …
124Ionia — /uy oh nee euh/, n. an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks. * * * Ancient region, western coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering the Aegean Sea. It consisted of …
125Lydia — /lid ee euh/, n. 1. an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor. 2. a female given name. * * * I Ancient land, western Anatolia. Located in present day Turkey, it was bounded on the west by the …
126Artemis, Temple of — ▪ temple, Ephesus, Turkey at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The great temple was built by Croesus, king of Lydia, in about 550 BC and was rebuilt after being burned by a madman named Herostratus in 356 BC. The Artemesium… …
127Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …
128List of kings of Lydia — This page lists the kings of Lydia, an ancient kingdom in western Anatolia. The Greeks of Homer s time knew Lydia as Maeonia, which was probably an earlier name for the country. Three dynasties are mentioned by the ancient sources; the first is… …
