Phrygia - Wikipedia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia (/ ˈ f r ɪ dʒ i ə / FRIJ-ee-ə; Ancient Greek: Φρυγία, Phrygía) was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River.
Phrygians - Wikipedia
From tribal and village beginnings, the state of Phrygia arose in the 8th century BC with its capital at Gordium. Around 690 BC, it was invaded by the Cimmerians. Phrygia was briefly conquered by its neighbour Lydia, before it passed successively into the Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great and later the empire of Alexander and his successors.
Phrygia | Ancient Kingdom, Anatolia, Turkey | Britannica
Phrygia, ancient district in west-central Anatolia, named after a people whom the Greeks called Phryges and who dominated Asia Minor between the Hittite collapse (12th century bc) and the Lydian ascendancy (7th century bc).
Phrygia - World History Encyclopedia
2019年9月5日 · Phrygia was the name of an ancient Anatolian kingdom (12th-7th century BCE) and, following its demise, the term was then applied to the general geographical area it once covered in the western plateau of Asia Minor.
Kingdoms of Anatolia - Phrygia - The History Files
Phrygia loses the territory of Pergamum to Lydia about 695 BC, seemingly upon the defeat and suicide of King Midas III. Five years later, nomadic Cimmerian warriors overrun Phrygia and sack the capital, Gordion.
Phrygia, Gordion, and King Midas in the Late Eighth Century B ...
Phrygia is the Greek name of an ancient state in western-central Anatolia (modern Turkey), extending from the Eskişehir area east to (perhaps) Boğazköy and Alishar Hüyük within the Halys River bend.
Phrygia | Oxford Classical Dictionary
Phrygia (See asia minor, Classical) was the large and ill-defined geographical region which stretched across much of west central Anatolia. The settlement and culture of Phrygia during the early 1st millennium bce is known principally through the excavations at Gordium, and the legends associated with its legendary king, Midas.