{"title":"Ongunkan Lycian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLycia\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lycian_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLycian\u003c\/a\u003e: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 \u003cem\u003eTrm̃mis\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreek\u003c\/a\u003e: Λυκία, \u003cem\u003eLykia\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTurkish\u003c\/a\u003e: \u003cem\u003eLikya\u003c\/em\u003e) was a geopolitical region in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anatolia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAnatolia\u003c\/a\u003e in what are now the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provinces_of_Turkey\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eprovinces\u003c\/a\u003e of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antalya_Province\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAntalya\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMuğla\u003c\/a\u003e on the southern \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecoast\u003c\/a\u003e of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTurkey\u003c\/a\u003e, bordering the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mediterranean_Sea\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMediterranean Sea\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burdur_Province\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBurdur Province\u003c\/a\u003e inland. Known to history since the records of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Egypt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eancient Egypt\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hittite_Empire\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHittite Empire\u003c\/a\u003e in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Late_Bronze_Age\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLate Bronze Age\u003c\/a\u003e, it was populated by speakers of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luwian_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLuwian language\u003c\/a\u003e group. Written records began to be inscribed in stone in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lycian_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLycian language\u003c\/a\u003e (a later form of Luwian) after Lycia's involuntary incorporation into the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Achaemenid_Empire\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAchaemenid Empire\u003c\/a\u003e in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron_Age\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIron Age\u003c\/a\u003e. At that time (546 BC) the Luwian speakers were decimated, and Lycia received an influx of Persian speakers. Ancient sources seem to indicate that an older name of the region was \u003cstrong\u003eAlope\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Greek_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAncient Greek\u003c\/a\u003e: Ἀλόπη, \u003cem\u003eAlópē\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLycia fought for the Persians in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_Wars\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePersian Wars\u003c\/a\u003e, but on the defeat of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Achaemenid_Empire\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAchaemenid Empire\u003c\/a\u003e by the Greeks, it became intermittently a free agent. After a brief membership in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athenian_Empire\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAthenian Empire\u003c\/a\u003e, it seceded and became independent (its treaty with Athens had omitted the usual non-secession clause), was under the Persians again, revolted again, was conquered by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mausolus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMausolus\u003c\/a\u003e of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caria\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCaria\u003c\/a\u003e, returned to the Persians, and finally fell under \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMacedonian\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hegemony\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehegemony\u003c\/a\u003e upon the defeat of the Persians by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_the_Great\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlexander the Great\u003c\/a\u003e. Due to the influx of Greek speakers and the sparsity of the remaining Lycian speakers, Lycia was rapidly \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hellenization\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHellenized\u003c\/a\u003e under the Macedonians, and the Lycian language disappeared from inscriptions and coinage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.myfonts.com\/collections\/ongunkan-lycian-font-runic-world-tamgac.oembed","provider":"MyFonts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}