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Cimmerian Invasion Of Phrygia
The Cimmerian invasion of Phrygia occurred in the 7th century B.C. Around 696, the Cimmerians, Cimmerian people invaded Phrygia with help of the King of Urartu, Rusa II. They burned the kingdom's city of Gordion, Gordium, which likely caused the Phrygian king Midas to commit suicide. Around 680, the Phrygian kingdom dissolved, and their hegemony was later transferred to the Lydians. Background Around 730 B.C., after the Assyrian people, Assyrians took the eastern part of the Phrygians, Phrygian confederacy, king Midas took control of Phrygia proper. In 715, the Cimmerians defeated the Urartu, Urartian king Rusa I and seized the eastern province of Anatolia, Asia Minor. Midas feared a Cimmerian invasion of Phrygia and asked for help from Assyria. In 705, the Cimmerians tried to cross the Assyrian frontier, and were defeated by Sargon II's forces. According to Assyrian religious texts, the Urartian king Rusa II later recruited a large number of Cimmerians as mercenaries. Some Cim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires of the time. Stories of the heroic age of Greek mythology tell of several legendary Phrygian kings: * Gordias, whose Gordian Knot would later be cut by Alexander the Great * Midas, who turned whatever he touched to gold * Mygdon, who warred with the Amazons According to Homer's ''Iliad'', the Phrygians participated in the Trojan War as close allies of the Trojans, fighting against the Achaeans. Phrygian power reached its peak in the late 8th century BC under another, historical, king Midas, who dominated most of western and central Anatolia and rivaled Assyria and Urartu for power in eastern Anatolia. This later Midas was, however, also the last independent king of Phrygia before Cimmerians sacked the Phrygian capital, Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
