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Top of the TGN hierarchy
(hierarchy root)
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World
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Abbasid Caliphate
(historical region)
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Africa
(continent)
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Alexandrian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Almohad Caliphate
(former nation/state/empire)
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Almoravid Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Americas
(general region)
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Antarctica
(continent)
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Arab League
(organization)
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Arctic
(general region)
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Asia
(continent)
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British Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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British Overseas Territories
(group of nations/states/cities)
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British West Indies
(general region)
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Byzantine Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Carthaginian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Central Arctic
(general region)
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Commonwealth of Independent States
(association)
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Commonwealth of Nations
(association)
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Danish Colonial Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Darién
(region (geographic))
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Darien Gap
(area)
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Delian League
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Dutch Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Eastern Arctic
(general region)
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Eastern Mediterranean
(region (geographic))
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Eastern Subarctic
(general region)
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East Prussia
(province)
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Empire of Japan
(former nation/state/empire)
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Eurasia
(general region)
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Europe
(continent)
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Fāṭimid Caliphate
(former nation/state/empire)
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German Colonial Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Holy Roman Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Italian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Latin America
(general region)
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<lost & found/World>
(miscellaneous)
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Mamluk Sultanate
(former nation/state/empire)
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Middle East
(general region)
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North and Central America
(continent)
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(organization)
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Oceania
(continent)
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<Oceans>
(miscellaneous)
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Odrysian Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
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Ottoman Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Pacific Islands
(general region)
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Portuguese Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Rashidun Caliphate
(former nation/state/empire)
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Roman Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Roman Republic
(former nation/state/empire)
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Rome, Ancient
(former nation/state/empire)
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Russian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Seleucid Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
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Silk Road
(road)
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South America
(continent)
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Spanish Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Subarctic
(general region)
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Third World
(group of nations/states/cities)
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Umayyad Caliphate
(former nation/state/empire)
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<Undersea Features>
(miscellaneous)
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undetermined
(miscellaneous)
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United Nations
(organization)
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United States Minor Outlying Islands
(general region)
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various locations
(miscellaneous)
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Via Egnatia
(road)
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Western Arctic
(general region)
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Western Roman Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Western Subarctic
(general region)
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