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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

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 BC to 550 BC The little kingdom grew to an empire in the chaos that had been left after the fall of the Neo-Hittite kingdom. Lydia was proverbially golden with wealth, and the capital, Sardis , was magnificent. To Lydian rulers is ascribed the first use of coined money in the 7th cent. BC Lydia had close ties with the Greek cities of Asia, which were for a time within the Lydian empire. Cyrus the Great of Persia defeated (c.... Read more

Lydia Estes Pinkham
Lydia Estes Pinkham As her family was struggling to make ends meet, afew women stopped by the kitchen of Lydia Pinkham (1819-1883) and offered to pay cash for some of her...Pinkham an advertising pioneer and an American cultural icon. Lydia Estes Pinkham, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on February 9... Read more

Lydia Maria Francis Child
Lydia Maria Francis Child The popularity and moral force of the American author Lydia Maria Francis Child (1802-1880) contributed to the impact...exerted on the antislavery debate that preceded the Civil War. Lydia Maria Francis was born in Medford, Mass., of an old New England... Read more

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	Swept away in the arms of a hero: from the new book The Dominant Blonde, by Alisa Kwitney ...: when Lydia Gold goes scuba diving alone, she discovers how deadly the deep sea can be. Luckily, a sexy savior rescues her, and she finds herself carried off by the tide of passion. (Book Club).(Excerpt) ; * Lydia Gold never should have gone diving without...so he could run off with her riches, and Lydia hoped to find some clue at the underwater wreck that would prove otherwise. Since Lydia could tell by the way Liam flirted with her... Read more
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