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Look up: Lydia

  1. Lydia
    a land that bordered Ionia on the east, lay north of Caria and south of Mysia; capital, Sardis; Lydia was a small kingdom until it grew into an empire in the wake of the fall of the Neo-Hittite kingdom; the Mermnadae dynasty ruled Lydia from c. 700 BCE to 550 BCE; coined money was invented in Lydia ...
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Lydia
    [n] - an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Lydia
    archaic or obsolete terms > Places: Ancient country, W Asia Minor, N of Caria and S of Mysia (now NW Turkey).
    Found on http://www.skyscript.co.uk/glossarytt.ht

  4. Lydia
    Ancient kingdom in Anatolia (7th-6th centuries BC), with its capital at Sardis. The Lydians were the first Western people to use standard coinage. Their last king, Croesus, was defeated by the...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. Lydia
    noun an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Lydia
    (from the article `Cato, Publius Valerius`) ...which seems to have been an erudite short epic (what modern scholars call an epyllion) that probably influenced subsequent poets. Lydia, which may ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/87

  7. Lydia
    ancient land of western Anatolia, extending east from the Aegean Sea and occupying the valleys of the Hermus and Cayster rivers. The Lydians were ... [16 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/87

  8. Lydia
    Lydia is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `woman from Persia, beauty ` Where is it used? The name Lydia is mainly used In English, German and In the bible.How do they say it elsewhere? Lidiya ( In Russian) Lidia ( In Polish and In Italian) Lydie ( In French) Lyydia ( In Finnish) Lyyt...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Lyd

  9. Lydia
    Lydia is a cultivated variety of potato.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Lydia
    Lydia, ancient country, W Asia Minor, N of Caria and S of Mysia (now NW Turkey). The tyrant Gyges was the founder of the Mermnadae dynasty, which lasted from c.700 B.C. to 550 B.C. The little kingdom grew to an empire in the chaos that had been left after the fall of the Neo-Hittite kingdom. Lydia w...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0

  11. Lydia
    Lydia (lid'ēu) , in the New Testament, Christian convert at whose house in Philippi Paul stayed. She was from Thyatira.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  12. Lydia
    Ancient kingdom in Anatolia (7th–6th centuries BC), with its capital at Sardis. The Lydians were the first Western people to use standard coinage. Their last king, Croesus, was defeated by the Persians in 546 BC
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. Lydia
    `Lydia` (Λυδία-->-->) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkish provinces of Manisa and inland İzmir. Its population spoke an Anatolian language known as Lydian. At its greatest extent, the Kingdom of Lydia ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia

  14. Lydia
    (band) `Lydia` is an indie rock band from Gilbert, Arizona, formed in 2003. Biography: Leighton Antelman and Steve McGraw started writing music and booking shows when they were both in 7th grade. The band really got their start as Next to Best playing at MooseFest 2000 in Gilbert, AZ. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia

  15. Lydia
    (song) "`Lydia`" is a single by New Zealand band, Fur Patrol, released in 2000. It reached number one on the before = "Violent" by title = New Zealand Music Awards Single of the Year | years = 2001 | after = "Fade Away" by Che Fu -->
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia

  16. Lydia
    (Greyhawk) In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, `Lydia` is the Suel goddess of Music, Knowledge, and Daylight. Her holy symbol is a spray of colors from an open hand. Publication history: Advanced Dungeons & Drag...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia

  17. Lydia
    (film) `Lydia` is a 1941 drama film, directed by Julien Duvivier. It stars Merle Oberon as Lydia MacMillan, a woman whose life is seen from her spoiled, immature youth through bitter and resentful middle years, until at last she is old and accepting. It is a remake of Duvivier`s Un ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia

  18. Lydia
    (singer) `Lydia Rodríguez Fernández` (born 1980 in Madrid), better known as `Lydia`, is a Spanish pop singer. Career: When Fernández was 16 years old, she released her first album, Lydia, which went platinum in Spain. She became famous after dedicating a song to her musical id...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia

  19. Lydia
    (satrapy) `Lydia` (known as Sparda by the Achaemenids) was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire, with Sardis as its capital. Tabalus, appointed by Cyrus the Great was the first satrap (governor), however, his rule did not last long as the Lydians revolted. The insurrection was...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia



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10 February 2012

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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankinds place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in todays Russia. read more

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