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ID: 7001303 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001303			Record Type: administrative

Thrace (historical region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 59 23 N degrees minutes			Lat: 40.9898 decimal degrees
Long: 027 57 37 E degrees minutes			Long: 27.9606 decimal degrees

Note: Ancient and modern region on the eastern Balkan Peninsula; historically its borders have varied. early Thracians were related to the Illyrians; area was annexed by Vespasian in the 1st century; invaded by Goths, Huns and others; fell to Turks in 1361; now divided between Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria.

Names:

Thrace (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)

Thrace (Latin,U)

Thrace (French,U)

Thráki (C,O,Greek (transliterated)-P,U,N)

Thrakian (C,O,German-P,U,N)

Thrakien (C,U,German)

Θράκη (C,U,Ancient Greek)

Thracia (H,V,Latin-P,U,N)

Tracia (H,O,Spanish)

Tracia (Italian-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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Thrace (historical region) (P,H)

Additional Parents:

World (facet)

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Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)

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Thrace (historical region) (P,H)

Place Types:

historical region (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (H)
former administrative division (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Θράκη..........	[VP]
..............	GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378533

Thrace..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 930
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 1 July 2004
.................	GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378533
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 197
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1209

Thracia..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 1 July 2004
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1209

Thráki..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 930
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 1 July 2004

Thrakian..........	[VP]
.................	Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1488

Thrakien..........	[VP]
.................	GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378533

Tracia..........	[VP]
.................	Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 535
.................	GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378533

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 930
..................	Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1488
..................	Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 535
..................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 1 July 2004
..................	GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378533
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 197
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1209
..................	Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracia


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

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