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ID: 7011636
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011636

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 023 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 23.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Mountainous area comprising easternmost of Europe's three great southern peninsulas; evidence of human habitation dates from 35,000 years ago, but dense settlement dates to Neolithic, 7000-3500 BCE; later was settled by Illyrians and Thracians; the modern nations located here are Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Moldova, Slovenia, Serbia, and Montenegro, and parts of Greece; site of ethnic strife for centuries.

Names:
Balkan Peninsula (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)  ............ "Balkan" is derived from Turkish word for "mountain"
Balkan Peninsula (Greek (transliterated),U)
Balkans (C,O,English,U,N)  ............ from Turkish word meaning "mountain"; used to refer to this area, more or less, since mid-19th cen.
Balkans (Greek (transliterated),U)
Péninsule balkanique (C,O,French-P,U,N)
Balkanski Poluostrov (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Balkan (C,V,English,U,A)
ארצות הבלקן (C,U,Hebrew )
Βαλκάνια (C,U,Greek)
Балкански полуостров (C,U,Bulgarian)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ........  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Albania (nation)  ........  Albania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bosnia and Herzegovina (nation)  ........  Bosnia and Herzegovina (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bulgaria (nation)  ........  Bulgaria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Croatia (nation)  ........  Croatia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Kosovo (independent nation)  ........  Kosovo (independent nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of North Macedonia (nation)  ........  North Macedonia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Montenegro (nation)  ........  Montenegro (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Slovenia (nation)  ........  Slovenia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Serbia (nation)  ........  Serbia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Greece (nation)  ........  Greece (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Romania (nation)  ........  Romania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Balkan Peninsula (peninsula)  ............  Balkan Peninsula (peninsula) (P)

Place Types:
peninsula (preferred, C)
general region (C)
region (geographic) (C)

Related geographic places:
historical connection ....  Serbian Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire)
........................................  (World, Europe) [8711836]

Sources and Contributors:
ארצות הבלקן..........  [IMJ]
.......................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Βαλκάνια..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 685608
Балкански полуостров..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 685608
Balkan..........  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-)
Balkan Peninsula..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.............................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
.............................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 05/11/99
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 685608
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  Petit Robert II, Noms (1989)
Balkans..........  [IMJ Preferred, VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 04/05/99
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 685608
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Balkanski Poluostrov..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 685608
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Péninsule balkanique..........  [BHA, VP]
...................................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, IMJ, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 04/05/99; accessed 05/11/99
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 685608
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 October 2015
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -815872
..................  Petit Robert II, Noms (1989)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)

 

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