The siege of Sardis (547/546 BC) was the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and...

Siege of Sardis may refer to: Siege of Sardis (547 BC), the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of...

drawn Battle of Pteria, met the remains of Croesus' partially-disbanded army in battle on the plain north of Sardis in December 547 BC. Croesus' army...

BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Sardis (547 BC) Siege of Gaza (525 BC) Siege of Memphis (525 BC) Depiction of the siege of Lachish from an Assyrian...

Sardis (/ˈsɑːrdɪs/ SAR-diss) or Sardes (/ˈsɑːrdiːs/ SAR-deess; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣, romanized: Šfard; Ancient Greek: Σάρδεις, romanized: Sárdeis; Old Persian:...

ruled by native tyrants, nominated by the Persian satrap in Sardis. In 499 BC, the tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras, launched a joint expedition with the...

world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek-inhabited region of Ionia in 547 BC. Struggling...

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(2003-1595 BC). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-5873-7. Frayne, Douglas (1997). Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). University of Toronto Press...

of Sardis. By 550 BC Lydia controlled the Greek coastal cities, who paid tribute, and most of Anatolia, except Lycia, Cilicia and Cappadocia. In 547 BC...

calendar, which had 12 months of 30 days each and five epagomenal days, originated between 550 and 330 BC, when Cappadocia was part of the Persian Achaemenid...

BC Battle of Pasargadae 547 BC Battle of Pteria 547 BC Battle of Thymbra 547 BC Siege of Sardis 539 BC Battle of Opis Ionian Revolt 499–493 BC First Persian...

Pteria – 547 BC – Wars of Cyrus the Great Battle of Thymbra – 547 BC – Wars of Cyrus the Great Siege of Sardis (547 BC) – 547 BC – Wars of Cyrus the...

state of the Lycians, an indigenous people of southwestern Anatolia (present-day Turkey). Many of the tombs at Xanthos are pillar tombs, formed of a stone...

but also led to the capture of Sardis and the fall of the Lydian Kingdom in 546 BC. Cyrus placed Pactyes in charge of collecting tribute in Lydia and...

city of Histria. 550 Miltiades II is born 549 Peisistratos restored by help of Megacles. 549 Boeotian League is founded 548 Lesbos sieges Sigeion 547 Athens...

sacking Sardis in 395 BC. But the outbreak of the Corinthian War forced him to withdraw in 395 BC. The region was under Persian control by about 390 BC, when...

and captured Croesus. Cyrus occupied the capital at Sardis, conquering the Lydian kingdom in 546 BC. According to Herodotus, Cyrus the Great spared Croesus's...

city of Susa with the west Anatolian city of Sardis. Anatolia played a pivotal role in Achaemenid history. In the earliest 5th century BC, some of the...

Andrew Marr's History of the World is a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers 70,000 years of world history from before...

Robert. "R. Rollinger, The Median "Empire", the End of Urartu and Cyrus' the Great Campaign in 547 BC (Nabonidus Chronicle II 16). In: Ancient West & East...

BCE Battle of Halys 547 BCE Siege of Sardis 499–449 BCE Greco-Persian Wars 499–493 BCE Ionian Revolt 492–490 BCE First Persian invasion of Greece 480–478...

growing power of Cyrus posed a great threat to the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The Lydians were defeated in 547 BCE, and their capital, Sardis, was besieged...

capital, Sardis; the Lydian king Gyges died during this attack. After sacking Sardis, Tugdammi led the Cimmerians into invading the Greek city-states of Ionia...

Babylon to help him, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. The Lydian capital of Sardis fell and Croesus was taken as a prisoner. Though, as was his custom, Cyrus...

hereditary ethnic enemies of the Ionians. The date of the end of Croesus' reign, calculated to be 547 BC, was disestablished on the grounds of Herodotus using formulaic...