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The Mermnad kings ruled
Lydia.
They started out as a kingdom but managed to turn their realm into
an empire.
The kings of the Mermnad Dynasty were:
Gyges
who ruled 680 - 652 BC
Sadyattes
who ruled until 610 BC
Alyattes
who ruled 610 - 560 BC
Croesus
who ruled 560 - 546 BC
Money wasn't the problem, but Persian King
Cyrus the Great
was. Cyrus made the Lydian Empire part of his
Persian Empire. |
