Phrygia

Phrygia
8th century BCE–675 BCE
Location of Phrygia (light brown)
Capital	Gordum
Common languages	Phrygian
Dominant mode of production	Slavery
Government	Monarchy
History
• Established	8th century BCE
• Dissolution	675 BCE

Phrygia was an Iron Age kingdom in Anatolia.

History

The Phrygians were an Indo-European tribe from the Balkans who invaded Anatolia after the fall of the Hittite Empire. They founded a state west of the river Halys during the eighth century BCE. At the end of the century, Phrygia rose in power under King Midas. In 717 BCE, it allied with Urartu against Šarrukīn II of Assyria. The Assyrians defeated the alliance in 714 BCE, and Phrygia signed a peace treaty. In the early 7th century BCE, Cimmerian tribes living north of the Black Sea invaded and destroyed Phrygia.