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Top of the TGN hierarchy
(hierarchy root)
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World
(facet)
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Africa
(continent)
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Abyssinia
(general region)
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Adal
(former nation/state/empire)
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Adioukrou
(inhabited place)
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Akan
(historical region)
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Akwamu
(former nation/state/empire)
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Algeria
(nation)
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Angola
(nation)
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Arabaya
(satrapy)
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Arab Maghreb
(general region)
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Bagirmi, Kingdom of
(former nation/state/empire)
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Barbary Coast
(historical region)
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Benin
(nation)
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Benin
(historical region)
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Bono
(former nation/state/empire)
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Botswana
(nation)
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British Bechuanaland
(former nation/state/empire)
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British Cameroons
(colony)
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British East Africa
(former territory/colony/dependent state)
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British Indian Ocean Territory
(territory) [
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Buganda
(former nation/state/empire)
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Burkina Faso
(nation)
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Burundi
(nation)
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Cameroon
(nation)
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Canary Islands
(autonomous community) [
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Cape of Good Hope
(former administrative division)
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Cape Verde
(nation)
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Central Africa
(general region)
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Central African Republic
(nation)
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Central-West Africa
(region (geographic))
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Chad
(nation)
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Comoros
(nation)
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Congo
(nation)
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Congo
(general region)
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Côte d'Ivoire
(nation)
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Dahomey
(former nation/state/empire)
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
(nation)
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Denakil
(general region)
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Dibeira
(archaeological site)
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Djibouti
(nation)
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D'mt
(former nation/state/empire)
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East Africa
(general region)
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Eastern Africa
(general region)
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Egypt
(nation)
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Egypt
(former nation/state/empire)
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Equatoria
(region (geographic))
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Equatorial Guinea
(nation)
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Eritrea
(nation)
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Ethiopia
(nation)
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Ethiopian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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French Cameroons
(colony)
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French Congo
(former territory/colony/dependent state)
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French Equatorial Africa
(former territory/colony/dependent state)
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French West Africa
(federation)
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Fulani
(former nation/state/empire)
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Gabon
(nation)
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Gao
(former nation/state/empire)
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Gaza Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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German East Africa
(former territory/colony/dependent state)
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Ghana
(nation)
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Ghana empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Gonja Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
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Great Fulo, Empire of
(former nation/state/empire)
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Guinea
(nation)
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Guinea
(general region)
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Guinea-Bissau
(nation)
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Hora
(inhabited place)
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Horn of Africa
(general region)
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Idrisid Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Ifat
(former nation/state/empire)
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Ifriqiya
(former nation/state/empire)
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Irîgui
(general region)
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Italian East Africa
(former territory/colony/dependent state)
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Kaabu
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kariba, Lake
(reservoir)
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Kazembe
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kenya
(nation)
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
(park)
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Kilwa
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kilwa
(historical region)
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Kong Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kongo Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kotoko Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kquoja Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
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Lake Nasser
(reservoir)
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Lesotho
(nation)
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Levant
(general region) [
N
]
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Liberia
(nation)
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Libya
(nation)
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Lozi
(former nation/state/empire)
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Luba-Hemba
(former nation/state/empire)
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Lunda Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Madagascar
(nation)
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Maghreb
(general region)
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Malawi
(nation)
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Mali
(nation)
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Mali Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Manga
(general region)
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Manyema
(historical region)
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Mapungubwe
(former nation/state/empire)
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Maranid Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Matapa
(former nation/state/empire)
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Mauretania
(general region)
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Mauritania
(nation)
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Mauritius
(nation)
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Mayotte
(dependent state)
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Morocco
(nation)
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Mossi
(former nation/state/empire)
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Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
(nature reserve)
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Mozambique
(nation)
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Namibia
(nation)
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Ngoyo
(former nation/state/empire)
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Niger
(nation)
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Nigeria
(nation)
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North Africa
(general region)
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Northeast Africa
(general region)
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Nubia
(general region)
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Numidia
(former nation/state/empire)
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Organization of African Unity
(association)
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Parc National du W du Niger
(national park)
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Ptolemaic Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
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Punt
(former nation/state/empire)
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Reunion
(dependent state)
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Rhodesia
(general region)
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Rozwi
(former nation/state/empire)
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Ruanda-Urundi
(colony)
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Ruṣayriṣ, Khazzān ar-
(reservoir)
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Rustamid imamate
(former nation/state/empire)
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Rwanda
(nation)
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
(dependent state)
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Sao Tome and Principe
(nation)
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Senegal
(nation)
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Senegambia
(general region)
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Senegambia
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Seychelles
(nation)
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Sierra Leone
(nation)
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Somalia
(nation)
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Somaliland
(general region)
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Songhai Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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South Africa
(nation)
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Southern Africa
(general region)
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South Sudan
(nation)
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Sudan
(general region)
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Sudan
(nation)
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Swaziland
(nation)
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Takrur
(former nation/state/empire)
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Tanzania
(nation)
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The Gambia
(nation)
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Togo
(nation)
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Tunisia
(nation)
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Uganda
(nation)
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Wassoulou Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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West Africa
(general region)
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Western Sahara
(disputed territory)
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Yetti
(general region)
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Zambia
(nation)
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Zemmur
(general region)
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Zimbabwe
(nation)
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