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ID: 8711722
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711722
Record Type:
administrative
Akwamu (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 06 07 12 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 6.1200
decimal degrees
Long: 000 38 49 E
degrees minutes
Long: 0.6470
decimal degrees
Note:
State along the Gold Coast of Africa, and part of the Akan States. At its largest, Akwamu stretched from what is now present-day Benin to Ghana.
Names:
Akwamu
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Africa
(continent) (
P
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Akwamu
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
............
ca. 1600-1730
state (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Akwamu..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 8 June 2017
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 8 June 2017
Note:
English
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VP
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 8 June 2017
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