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Ardys of Lydia

750 BC - 629 BC

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Ardys (Ancient Greek: Αρδυς, romanized: Ardus, also Αρδυσος Ardusos; Latin: Ardys, Ardysus; reigned 644–637 BC) was the son of Gyges of Lydia, whom he succeeded as the second king of the Mermnad dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ardys of Lydia has received more than 30,689 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ardys of Lydia is the 5,545th most popular politician (up from 7,913th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 677th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ardys of Lydia ranks 5,545 out of 15,577Before him are Aureolus, Jehan Sadat, Inejiro Asanuma, Teófilo Braga, Zhao Feiyan, and Abbas Mirza. After him are Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Catherine of Bohemia, Nguyễn Huệ, Cornelius A. Smith, Joan of Kent, and Zidanta I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 750 BC, Ardys of Lydia ranks 3Before him are Sargon II and Shallum of Israel. After him are King Ping of Zhou and Eriba-Marduk. Among people deceased in 629 BC, Ardys of Lydia ranks 1

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Ardys of Lydia ranks 510 out of 1,301Before him are Crates of Mallus (-200), Soranus of Ephesus (98), Meletius of Antioch (400), Artabasdos (700), Kâtip Çelebi (1609), and Pelagia (400). After him are Nubar Pasha (1825), Eunapius (349), Joe Strummer (1952), Mursili III (-1400), Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), and Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Ardys of Lydia ranks 262Before him are Emine Erdoğan (1955), Bohemond III of Antioch (1144), Ilona Zrínyi (1643), Nicomedes I of Bithynia (-300), Cornelia Salonina (300), and Artabasdos (700). After him are Nubar Pasha (1825), Mursili III (-1400), Stratonice of Syria (-317), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (1948), Mustafa Çelebi (1380), and Devlet Hatun (1361).