Phrygia

Founded in the 8^th cent BC in the Sangarius Region, the Phrygian kingdom (750-546 BC) was one of three major Anatolian kingdoms founded in the first half of the 1^st millennium BC along with Lydia (west) and Urartu (east). Phrygians were Indo-European nomads that entered Anatolia via Thrace toward the end of the 13^th cent BC. At its peak, Phrygian hegemony extended to the Euphrates river in the east, Afyon in the west, Samsun (Amisos) in the north and Burdur in the southwest.

Phrygian Kingdom		The first king was Gordias and the Phrygian capital was established at Gordion. Phrygians worshipped the Mother Goddess Cybele and her lover Attis. Burials of kings, lords and nobles included tumuli and monumental tombs cut into natural rocks. Peasant burials included small tumuli, pits and pethos.
Gordias		The first king of the Phrygian kingdom.
Midas	Late 8^th Cent BC	Phrygian power peaked under Phrygian king Midas.
Cimmerian Invasion	Early 7^th Cent BC	Heralding from the Caucasus, the Cimmerians invaded and destroyed the already weakened Phrygian kingdom.
	Late 7^th Cent BC	Small Phrygian municipalities endured while dominated by the Lydian kingdom.
Collapse	545 BC	Phrygians their independence to the Persians in 545 BC.