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ID: 7033029
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7033029
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Land of Israel (historical region)  Land of Israel (historical region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.8330  decimal degrees
Long: 035 20 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.3333  decimal degrees

Note: General area of varying extent, depending upon the context in which it is discussed. It typically refers to the historical geographical region in Western Asia, roughly corresponding to the Southern Levant, primarily in modern Israel and Palestine in which most Biblical events are set.

Names:
Holy Land (preferred,C,O)
Terre Sainte (C,O)
Land of Israel (C,V,English-P)
ארץ-ישראל (C,U,Hebrew )

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Land of Israel (historical region)  ........  Land of Israel (historical region) (P,H)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Middle East (general region)  ....  Middle East (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Land of Israel (historical region)  ........  Land of Israel (historical region) (P)

Place Types:
historical region (preferred, C)
area (C)

Related geographic places:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  Canaan .......... (historical region)
..................................................  (World, Asia) [7033030]
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  Judaea .......... (historical region)
..................................................  (World, Asia, Israel) [7001407]
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  Palestine .......... (historical region)
..................................................  (World, Asia) [7004540]

Sources and Contributors:
ארץ-ישראל..........  [IMJ]
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Holy Land..........  [BHA Preferred, VP Preferred]
....................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
....................  Grove Art Online (2008-)
....................  New Catholic Encyclopedia [online] (2002-)
....................  Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-)
Land of Israel..........  [IMJ Preferred, VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
.............................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Terre Sainte..........  [BHA]
.......................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, IMJ, VP]
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 916
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..........  New Catholic Encyclopedia [online] (2002-)

 

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