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ID: 7016893 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016893			Record Type: administrative

Sedom (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 04 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 31.0667 decimal degrees
Long: 035 23 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 35.3833 decimal degrees

Note: City of ancient Palestine in the plain of the Jordan, at S end of Dead Sea; most important of the Cities of the Plain (others were Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim & Zoar); according to the Bible, Sodom was destroyed by fire as punishment for its sins.

Names:

Sedom (preferred,C,V)

Sodoma (C,V)

Sodom (C,O)

Sodome (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Israel (nation) (P)

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Southern District (national district) (P)

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Sedom (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)
historic site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Sedom..........	[VP Preferred]
..............	Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-158

Sodom..........	[BHA]
..............	Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)

Sodoma..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 873

Sodome..........	[BHA]
.................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................	Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 873
..................	Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-158


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

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