This kingdom fought Cyaxares in what may be the earliest battle whose date is known to the day, since Thales predicted the solar eclipse that interrupted it.
One account claims that this kingdom invented all dice and ball games during a lengthy famine. This kingdom fought Cyaxares in what may be the earliest battle whose date is known to the day, since Thales predicted the solar eclipse that interrupted it. Apocryphally, a ruler of this kingdom was annoyed when a visitor listed Tellus, Cleobis, and Biton as the most fortunate men, but later remembered Solon's warning to "count no man happy until he is dead" as he prepared to be (*) burned on a pyre. The Oracle of Delphi told that ruler of this kingdom that he would destroy a mighty empire if he fought the Persians, a prophecy fulfilled when he lost to Cyrus at the Battle of Thymbra. Gyges founded this kingdom with a capital at Sardis. For 10 points, name this kingdom ruled by the wealthy king Croesus, the first place where coins were minted.
One account claims that this kingdom invented all dice and ball games during a lengthy famine.
Lydia [or Maeonia]