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ID: 6003714 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6003714			Record Type: administrative

Maravi (historical region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 52 15 S degrees minutes			Lat: -14.8710 decimal degrees
Long: 034 51 10 E degrees minutes			Long: 34.8530 decimal degrees

Note: Early state of southern Africa centered southwest of Lake Nyasa; established ca. 1480 CE; members of the confederacy were related ethno-linguistic groups who had migrated from the north into area of modern Malawi. The confederacy had split into various groups by the early 18th century

Names:

Maravi (preferred,C,O)

Maravi Confederacy (C,V)

Maravi Empire (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

....

Africa (continent) (P)

........

Malaŵi (nation) (P)

............

Maravi (historical region) (P)

Place Types:

historical region (preferred, C)	............	ca. 1480-early 18th century
confederation (H)

Related geographic places:

historical connection ....	Malaŵi .......... (nation)
........................................	(World, Africa) [7000726]

Sources and Contributors:

Maravi..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Times Atlas of World History (1993)

Maravi Confederacy..........	[VP]
...................................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 10/30/2000

Maravi Empire..........	[VP]
..........................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 10/20/2000

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 10/20/2000; accessed 10/30/2000
..................	Times Atlas of World History (1993)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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