Kingdom of Maeonia

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The Kingdom of Maeonia was an early ancient Anatolian realm traditionally associated with the region and people later known as the Lydians.

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Kingdom of Maeonia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom
historical polity
associatedPeople Maeones
associatedWith Lydia
Lydians
category Ancient kingdoms of Anatolia
Former monarchies of Asia
Lydia
classicalNameForm Maeonia
continent Asia
culture Anatolian
pre-Lydian
ethnonymAssociated Maeonians
linked to: Pelasgians
historicity partly legendary
poorly attested archaeologically
languageFamilyHypothesis Anatolian languages
locatedIn Aegean Anatolia
linked to: Aegean Region

Anatolia
Western Anatolia
mentionedBy Homer
mentionedIn Greek mythology
Iliad
linked to: Homer's Iliad
modernCountry Turkey
partOf Ancient Anatolia
linked to: Anatolia
politicalSystem monarchy
predecessorOf Kingdom of Lydia
linked to: Lydian Kingdom
region Hermus River valley
linked to: Hermus River

Sardis area
religion Anatolian polytheism
successor Kingdom of Lydia
linked to: Lydian Kingdom
successorCulture Lydian culture
timePeriod Bronze Age
Early Iron Age
traditionalIdentification early form of Lydia

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Lydian Kingdom predecessor Kingdom of Maeonia