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ID: 7030402
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7030402
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Loulan (former nation/state/empire)  Loulan (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 30 31 39 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 30.5270  decimal degrees
Long: 089 50 26 E  degrees minutes   Long: 89.8400  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient kingdom located within the Taklimakan Desert based around a city of the same name. The Loulan culture was described as comprising semi-nomadic herdsmen and hunters by the Han annals, when the Chinese first opened the Silk Road route through the desert.

Names:
Loulan (preferred,C,V)
Lou Lan (C,V)
Lou-lan (C,V)
Kroran (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Zhongguo (nation)  ........  Zhongguo (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (autonomous region)  ............  Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (autonomous region) (P)
Hierarchy of Taklimakan Shamo (desert)  ................  Taklimakan Shamo (desert) (P)
Hierarchy of Loulan (former nation/state/empire)  ....................  Loulan (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)
kingdom (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Kroran..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
Loulan..........  [VP]
.................  China.org [online] (2004) accessed 29 September 2004
.................  OCLC [online] (2003) accessed 29 September 2004
Lou-lan..........  [VP]
.................  AATA database (1995-)
.................  OCLC [online] (2003) accessed 29 September 2004
Lou Lan..........  [VP]
.................  China.org [online] (2004) accessed 29 September 2004
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  AATA database (1995-)
..................  China.org [online] (2004) accessed 29 September 2004
..................  OCLC [online] (2003) accessed 29 September 2004
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  China.org [online] (2004)
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)

 

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