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640 BC
 The 1st coins were minted in Lydia (later part of Turkey) about this time, and featured face to face heads of a bull and lion.
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420 BC
 Pissuthnes, satrap of Lydia, revolted against the Persian king Darius II. The Persian soldier and statesman Tissaphernes a grandson of Hydarnes, was sent by Darius II to Lydia to arrest and execute Pissuthnes. Tissaphernes became satrap of Lydia in 415 BC and continue to fight Amorges, son of Pissuthnes.
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413 BC
 Darius II, ruler of Persia, quelled a revolt in Lydia.
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