(Paul Craddock) Croesus was a king in what's now western Turkey. His kingdom, Lydia, was among the new powers that emerged across the Middle East about three thousand years ago, so it was part of ...

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(Paul Craddock) Croesus was a king in what's now western Turkey. His kingdom, Lydia, was among the new powers that emerged across the Middle East about three thousand years ago, so it was part of ...