The GettyResearch Institute
Research Home Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
New Search Previous Page Help

Vernacular Display | English Display

Click the icon to view the hierarchy.
Semantic View (JSON, JSONLD, RDF, N3/Turtle, N-Triples)

ID: 8698208
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698208
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mapungubwe (former nation/state/empire)  Mapungubwe (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 22 12 50 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -22.2142  decimal degrees
Long: 029 21 14 E  degrees minutes   Long: 29.3542  decimal degrees

Note: Bantu kingdom in the Shashe-Limpopo valley that would later form part of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe. One of the first in Southern Africa to develop a rank- and class-based hierarchy.

Names:
Mapungubwe (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mapungubwe (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Mapungubwe (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)  ............  11th-13th centuries
kingdom (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Mapungubwe..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 25 October 2016
.......................  Fouché, Mapungubwe (1937)
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 25 October 2016
..................  Fouché, Mapungubwe (1937)
..................  Google Maps online (2000-) accessed 25 October 2016
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Fouché, Mapungubwe (1937)

 

New Search

Back to Top

Printer Friendly Version
The J. Paul Getty Trust
The J. Paul Getty Trust

© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / Contact Us