Phrygia (kingdom)
region · 720 BC – 2100 AD · location approximate
Phrygia was an ancient kingdom of west-central Anatolia, developing around Gordion beginning in the ninth century BCE. According to Strabo, the Cimmerians defeated and overran the Phrygian kingdom in the seventh century BCE.
- Coordinates
- 38.39976, 35.35672
- Also known as
- Berecyntius Tractus (la), Berecyntius Tractus (la), Berekyntes, Musku, Muski (akk), Muskāja, Muskāya (akk), Mušku, Muški (akk), Muškāja, Muškāya (akk), Phrygia (en), Phrygia (en)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)