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ID: 7032028
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032028
Record Type:
administrative
Nisa (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 37 58 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 37.9660
decimal degrees
Long: 058 11 42 E
degrees minutes
Long: 58.1940
decimal degrees
Note:
Formerly a city in what is now Turkmenistan. Name changed from Nisa to Mithradatkirt in the 2nd century BCE. First capital of the Parthians. Excavations here have uncovered buildings, documents, and Hellenistic artworks.
Names:
Nisa
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
LC
)
Nŭsai
(
C
,
V
)
Parthaunisa
(
C
,
V
)
Mihrdadkirt
(
C
,
V
)
Mithradatkirt
(
C
,
V
)
Mihraker
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Türkmenistan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ahal
(province) (
P
)
................
Nisa
(deserted settlement) (
P,
H
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
traditionally was founded in 3rd century BCE
archaeological site (
C
)
inhabited place (
H
)
city (
H
)
Related geographic places:
located on ....
Silk Road
.......... (road)
..................
(World) [7031416]
near/adjacent to ....
Ashgabat
.......... (inhabited place)
..............................
(World, Asia, Türkmenistan, Aşgabat) [7016623]
Sources and Contributors:
Mihraker..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
Mihrdadkirt..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
79
Mithradatkirt..........
[
VP
]
..........................
LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
accessed 25 July 2006
Nisa..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 11 June 2007
...........
LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
sh 97004693
...........
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
79
Nŭsai..........
[
VP
]
..............
LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
accessed 25 July 2006
Parthaunisa..........
[
VP
]
.......................
LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
accessed 25 July 2006
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 25 July 2006; accessed 11 June 2007
..................
LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
accessed 25 July 2006
..................
LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-)
accessed 25 July 2006
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
79
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 24 October 2014
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