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Hi Lydia!
Nice of you to give us a map and history of Kingdom of Lydia in its greatness when Kroissus was king. At that time Lydia was the richest country in East Mediterranean region.
Lydia was a Hellenic free state allied to Athens. Once Solon, one of the seve wise Greek men visited Sardis, the capital of Lydia and Kroissus asked him:
"Who is the most rich person you know Solon". Solon told him about two brothers, who had no money but their love to her disable mother made them the sot rich persons.
Later at 546 BC Kroissus and the whole country was captured by the Persians and when time came to excecute him, he had nothing to say but SOLON, SOLON, SOLON. The Persian King was curios to know who SOLON was.
The Persian king heard the story and released Kroissus. Solon by telling a story of love saved Kroissus.
Kroissus is a very ancient greek word meaning gold.
Georgios
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