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ID: 8698229
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698229
Record Type:
administrative
Ghassān (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 55 08 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 32.9199
decimal degrees
Long: 035 59 56 E
degrees minutes
Long: 36.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
First a vassal of the Roman empire, then the Byzantine. Strategically located in parts of Syria, Jordan, and Israel. Flourished in the arts, as well as religious and public construction.
Names:
Ghassān
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C
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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Asia
(continent) (
P
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Ghassān
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
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Middle East
(general region) (
P
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Ghassān
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
............
6th-7th centuries
kingdom (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Ghassān..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 31 October 2016
Subject:
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VP
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 31 October 2016
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2016
Note:
English
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 31 October 2016
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Munt, Pre-Islamic Arabia (2015)
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