 |
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
 Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vernacular Display | English Display |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the  icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
Mauretania (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 36 21 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.6059 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 11 30 E degrees minutes |
Long: 2.1918 decimal degrees |
|
Note: Area of ancient northwestern Africa, west of Numidia, corresponding to present northern Morocco and western and central Algeria north of the Atlas Mountains. Its native inhabitants, seminomadic pastoralists of Berber stock, were known to the Romans as the Mauri and the Massaesyli; Phoenicians and Carthaginians also settled along the coast from the 6th century BCE. From the late 2nd century BCE, the kings of Mauretania were Roman vassals. Annexed to Rome in 42 CE and divided into two provinces: Mauretania Tingitana, with its capital at Tingis, and Mauretania Caesariensis, with its capital at Caesarea. Invaded by Vandals in the 5th century CE; later taken by Muslim Arabs. |
Names: |
|
| Mauretania (preferred,C,O,English)
|
| Mauritania (C,O)
|
| Mauretanian (ancient) (C,V)
|
| Mauritanian (ancient) (C,V)
|
| Mauretania (provincia romana) (C,U,Italian)
|
| Mauretanien (römische Provinz) (C,U,German)
|
| Maurétanie (province romaine) (C,U,French)
|
| Mauritania (provincia romana) (C,U,Spanish)
|
| Μαυρουσία (C,U,Ancient Greek)
|
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
|
Additional Parents: |
|
|
Place Types: |
|
| general region (preferred, C) |
|
| historical region (H) |
|
| first level subdivision (H) |
|
| former administrative division (C) |
|
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
| Mauretania (provincia romana).......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378518 |
| Mauretanien (römische Provinz).......... |
[VP] |
| ..................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378518 |
| Maurétanie (province romaine).......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378518 |
| Mauritania (provincia romana).......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378518 |
|
