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ID: 7002349
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002349

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ankara (inhabited place)  Ankara (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 54 42 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.9117  decimal degrees
Long: 032 50 25 E  degrees minutes   Long: 32.8403  decimal degrees

Note: Conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 BCE; made part of Roman Empire by emperor Augustus 25 BCE; around 1073 taken by Seljuq Turks, who were driven out by Crusader Raymond IV of Toulouse in 1101; seized by second Ottoman sultan Orhan 1356.

Names:
Ankara (preferred,C,V)
Anguriyah (C,V)
Ankura (C,V)
Engüri (C,V)
Ancyra (H,O)  ............ ancient
Angora (H,O)
Ankyra (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  ........  Turkey (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Angora (province)  ............  Angora (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ankara (inhabited place)  ................  Ankara (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  ........  Turkey (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Galatia (general region)  ............  Galatia (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Ankara (inhabited place)  ................  Ankara (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  site has been inhabited since Paleolithic Age, possibly earlier
city (C)
national capital (C)  ............  since 1923
provincial capital (C)  ............  of the Roman province of Galatia, from 25 BCE
industrial center (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)
educational center (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Galatia .......... (general region)
..................  (World, Asia, Turkey) [7016662]
..................  from 25 BCE
capital of ....  Turkey .......... (nation)
..................  (World, Asia) [1000144]

Sources and Contributors:
Ancyra..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 10231
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Angora..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 423
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Anguriyah..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Ankara..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 423
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 13
Ankura..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Ankyra..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Engüri..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 423
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 10231
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -735338
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 13
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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