What is Phrygia?
[[File:Turkey ancient region map phrygia.gif|thumbnail|Location of Phrygia - traditional region (yellow) - expanded kingdom (orange line)]] '''Phrygia''' ({{lang-el|Φρυγία}}) was a kingdom in the west central part of the [[Anatolia]]. The Phrygian people started to live in the area from c. 1200 BC, and made a kingdom in the [[8th century BC]]. It was ruined by [[Cimmerians|Cimmerian]] invaders c. 690 BC, then conquered by its neighbor [[Lydia]], before it passed successively into the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] of [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]], the [[empire]] of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] and his [[Diadochi|successors]], was taken by the king of [[Pergamon]], and became part of the [[Roman Empire]]. The [[Phrygian language]] survived until about the [[6th century|6th century AD]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.ancientanatolia.com/historical/phrygian_period.htm Phrygian Period in Anatolia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206111302/http://www.ancientanatolia.com/historical/phrygian_period.htm |date=2006-12-06 }} * [http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PER_PIG/PHRYGIA.html 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica] [[Category:Former monarchies of Asia]] [[Category:History of Turkey]]