Geographicals

Ancient Lands

Geographical sites known to be extant in a remote period in the history of civilization, familiar as the names of ancient countries and empires.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Geographical sites known to be extant in a remote period in the history of civilization, familiar as the names of ancient countries and empires.

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

"ancient" refers to a far-past date or period; general or unspecified; prefer specific ancient countries or empires; use historical tags

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History Note

98; use explode 1995-97

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Previous Indexing

  • specific geographic location (1966-1997)

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  1. Z01w.586.035

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ancient Lands. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018436. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018436
  2. Ancient Lands. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52551694