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950 History of Asia

960 History of Africa

960 Africa

970 History of North America

970 North America
971 Canada
972 Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermuda
973 United States
973.2 1607-1775 (Colonial period)
973.3 1775-89 (Revolution and confederation)
973.4 1789-1809 (Constitutional period)

980 History of South America

980 South America

990 History of Oceania and elsewhere

990 Oceania and elsewhere

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MT (MicroThesaurus): subset of a thesaurus, usually containing terms from a subject area narrower than the scope of the whole thesaurus;
NT (Narrower Term): used to indicate the relationship of the generic concept to a more specific one, together with an indication of the number of hierarchical steps between the broader term and each narrower term;
RT (Related Term): preferred label for a concept that has an associative relationship with the one in question.

36 Science

MT 3611 humanities

social sciences
NT1 history
NT2 historical figure
NT2 ancient history
NT2 contemporary history
NT2 medieval history
NT2 modern history
NT2 prehistory
NT2 world history

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