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ID: 8698202
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698202
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kaarta (former nation/state/empire)  Kaarta (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 48 14 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 14.8049  decimal degrees
Long: 007 28 58 W  degrees minutes   Long: -7.4836  decimal degrees

Note: Bambara kingdom some 200 miles north of present-day Bamako. Founded in 1753 by rivals of Ségou founder Mamari Kulibali. Dominated parts of the middle Niger into the 19th century until its defeat by the Tukulor.

Names:
Kaarta (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mali (nation)  ........  Mali (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kaarta (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Kaarta (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)  ............  1753-19th century
kingdom (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Kaarta..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 24 October 2016
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 24 October 2016
..................  Google Maps online (2000-) accessed 24 October 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 24 October 2016
..........  Tauxier, Histoire des Bambara (1942)

 

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