Middle Phrygian period

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The Middle Phrygian period is a key Iron Age phase in central Anatolia marked by the flourishing and subsequent decline of the Phrygian kingdom, centered at sites such as Gordium.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Middle Phrygian period canonical 2
Phrygian period 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age phase ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Phrygian archaeological culture ⓘ
archaeologicallyDefinedBy architectural phases ⓘ
ceramic typology ⓘ
stratigraphic levels at Gordium ⓘ
associatedDeity Cybele ⓘ
Sabazios ⓘ
associatedWith Phrygian kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Phrygian culture ⓘ
linked to: Phrygians
associatedWithRuler Midas (legendary Phrygian king) ⓘ
linked to: King Midas
characterizedBy Phrygian painted pottery ⓘ
fortification systems at Gordium ⓘ
monumental architecture at Gordium ⓘ
tumulus burials ⓘ
wooden furniture in elite tombs ⓘ
chronologicalContext Iron Age ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom Greek world ⓘ
linked to: Hellenic world

Neo-Hittite traditions ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Hittite states
culturalInfluenceOn later Anatolian cultures ⓘ
declineAssociatedWith external invasions in Anatolia ⓘ
regional political instability ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
followedBy Late Phrygian period ⓘ
follows Early Phrygian period ⓘ
linked to: Phrygian period
hasCenter Gordium ⓘ
hasPhase decline of Phrygian kingdom ⓘ
flourishing of Phrygian kingdom ⓘ
languageInUse Phrygian language ⓘ
locatedIn Phrygia ⓘ
central Anatolia ⓘ
majorSite Gordium ⓘ
Midas City ⓘ
Yassıhöyük (Gordium mound) ⓘ
partOf Phrygian chronology ⓘ
politicalForm kingdom ⓘ
region Sakarya River valley ⓘ
linked to: Sakarya Plain
religion Phrygian polytheism ⓘ
temporalRelation after collapse of Neo-Hittite states ⓘ
before Achaemenid Persian domination in Anatolia ⓘ
writingSystem Phrygian alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gordium archaeological site → hasHistoricalPeriod → Middle Phrygian period ⓘ
Gordion → timePeriod → Phrygian period ⓘ
linked to: Middle Phrygian period
Late Phrygian period → follows → Middle Phrygian period ⓘ