The Entire History of Lydia (1200–546BC) // The Golden Empire That Invented Money

Описание: Chapters:
• 00:00 – Hook
• 01:17 – The Golden River and Anatolia
• 04:51 – Sardis: Capital of Ambition
• 08:32 – Cybele and the Religion of Nature
• 12:31 – Gold Refining and Engineering
• 16:54 – The Birth of Coins
• 21:03 – Administration and Commercial Law
• 25:20 – The Famous Lydian Cavalry
• 29:28 – Cultural Flowering — Lydian & Greek Synthesis
• 33:18 – Croesus: The Richest King in the World
• 37:13 – The Battle of the Eclipse (585 BCE)
• 41:48 – The Delphic Prophecy and Fatal Decision
• 47:14 – The Rise of Persia
• 52:10 – The Siege of Sardis (546 BCE)
• 57:00 – The End of Lydian Independence
• 1:01:50 – The Legacy — A World Using Money

Sources:
• Histories — Herodotus
• The Lydians — Christopher H. Roosevelt
• Metropolitan Museum of Art — Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Lydia & Anatolia)

• Journey through the fascinating sweep of history, charting the rise from ancient origins to the modern world.
This cinematic exploration traces centuries of transformation—power and collapse, cities and trade, belief and warfare—brought vividly to life through evolving maps and historical reconstructions.
Discover how migration, innovation, and global connections shaped civilizations, leaving legacies that still echo across the world today.
• Because visual records from deep antiquity are limited, some scenes are recreated using historically informed AI imagery based on archaeological evidence, academic research, and contemporary written sources to help viewers better visualize the past.