The King Road , major commercial road in Anatolia until the appearance of Silk Road, streches from the west of Anatolia to Persia making the capital of Lydia one of the richest towns on earth with treasures of gold and silver.
Lydian kings mint the first pure gold and silver coins in history.
Phrigia Gordion, their capital where the Great Alexandre cut the legendary Gordion knot to gain the key to Asia, is an affluent center on the King Road. According to the legend, Midas, their famous king , turned to gold everything he touched. Lycia Mysterious Lician tombs carved in the rocky hills of the southern coast and tombs in the sea are great work of funeral art. Caria King Mausolus's tomb , built by his sister who is also his wife, was one of the seven Wonders of the World. The citizens of this colony are intellectually more advanced than the ones in Greece and the islands.