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ID: 7002358 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002358			Record Type: administrative

Caria (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 30 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 37.5000 decimal degrees
Long: 028 00 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 28.0000 decimal degrees

Note: Ancient region of Asia Minor, corresponding to the modern provinces of Aydin and Mugla in southwestern Turkey; passed from Lydia to Persia in 546 BCE; center of Ionian revolt 499 BCE; satrapy of Persian empire 377-353 BCE; conquered by Alexander the Great 334 BCE.

Names:

Caria (preferred,C,V)

Karka (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Turkey (nation) (P)

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Caria (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:

former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)	............	settled in ancient times by Dorian & Ionic colonists
general region (C)
nation (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Caria..........	[GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-30
..............	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 39
..............	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 220

Karka..........	[VP]
..............	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 346

Subject: .....	[GRLPSC, VP]
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-30
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 39
..................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 346
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 220


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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