GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT

Historical Places.

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continent62

Africa

Also known as African continent · Afrika · afrikanischer Kontinent

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country28

Egypt

Inside Africa

Also known as Ägypten · Arabische Republik Ägypten · Arab Rep. Egypt

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.

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The Gambia

Inside Africa

Also known as Categoria:Gâmbia · Gambia · Gambie

Country in West Africa.

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Asia

Also known as Asia continental · Asian continent · asiatischer Kontinent

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country55

China

Inside Asia

Also known as All under Heaven · Cathay · Celestial Kingdom

The broad geographic setting of the story.

country30

India

Inside Asia

Also known as Al Hind · Bharata · Bharat Ganarajya

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Panipat

Inside India

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Japan

Inside Asia

Also known as Estado de Japón · Estado do Japão · État du Japon

The principal setting, undergoing political centralization, military modernization, and the decline of the samurai order.

country21

South Korea

Inside Asia

Also known as Choson · Cor. du Sud · Corea del Sur

Country on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Seoul

Inside South Korea

Also known as Ciudad Especial de Seúl · Gyeongseong · Hanseong

Capital city of South Korea and a major historical setting for modern Korean political history.

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Europe

Also known as Alter Kontinent · continente europeo · continente europeu

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Austria

Inside Europe

Also known as Autriche · Österreich · República da Áustria

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Salzburg

Inside Austria

Also known as Juvavum · Salisbourg · Salisburgo

Mozart’s birthplace and the seat of his former employment before he established himself independently in Vienna.

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Vienna

Inside Austria

Also known as Viena · Vienna, Austria · Vienne

Habsburg imperial capital and the main setting for Mozart’s professional and personal life in the film.

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Denmark

Inside Europe

Also known as Dan. · Danemark · Danemark métropolitain

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Alheden

Inside Denmark

A major heathland area in central Jutland associated with eighteenth-century Danish land-improvement and settlement efforts.

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Copenhagen

Inside Denmark

Also known as Copenhaga · Copenhagen, Denmark · Copenhague

Capital of Denmark and principal court setting of A Royal Affair.

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Jutland

Inside Denmark

Also known as Cimbria · Jutlandia · Jutland Peninsula

The Danish peninsula containing the heathlands targeted for cultivation and settlement.

country102

France

Inside Europe

Also known as Fr. · França · Francia

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Paris

Inside France

Also known as City of Light · City of Love · FR-75

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Versailles

Inside France

Also known as Berceau-de-la-Liberté · la Cité royale · Versailles, Yvelines

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country37

Germany

Inside Europe

Also known as Alemanha · Alemania · All.

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country7

Ireland

Inside Europe

Also known as Irish Republic · Irl. · Irland

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country63

Poland

Inside Europe

Also known as la République de Pologne · Pol. · Polen

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country2

Portugal

Inside Europe

Also known as POR · Portugalia · Portugiesische Republik

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country28

Spain

Inside Europe

Also known as Esp. · Espagne · España

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country9

Ukraine

Inside Europe

Also known as ua · Ucraina · Ucrania

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Poltava

Inside Ukraine

Also known as Ltava · Połtawa · Pultowa

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United Kingdom

Inside Europe

Also known as El Reino Unido · G B · G B R

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England

Inside United Kingdom

Also known as Ang. · Angleterre · Anglia

The kingdom attempting to exercise control over Scotland during the conflict.

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London

Inside England

Also known as Augusta · Big Smoke · Greater London

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state17

Scotland

Inside United Kingdom

Also known as Alba · Caledonia · Écosse

The kingdom whose political independence from England is the central issue of the narrative.

continent204

North America

Also known as 003 (UN M.49 code) · América del Norte · America del Norte y America Central

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country4

Canada

Inside North America

Also known as CA · CAN · Dominio de Canadá

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city1

Montreal

Inside Canada

Also known as Cidade de Montreal · City of Montreal · Ciudad de Montréal

Largest city in Quebec, Canada.

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Hudson Bay

Inside North America

Also known as Bahia de Hudson · Baía de Hudson · baie d'Hudson

Large inland sea in northeastern Canada; central geography of the fur-trade drama Frontier.

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United States

Inside North America

Also known as América · Amerika · Amérique

The national setting for Rogers’s television career, public-education work, and cultural influence.

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Hawaii

Inside United States

Also known as El Estado de Aloha · Estado de Hawái · Estado do Havaí

The U.S. state forming the broader regional setting of the film.

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Maryland

Inside United States

Also known as Estado de la línea Antigua · Estado de Maryland · Maryland (Estados Unidos)

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Annapolis

Inside Maryland

Also known as Anapolis · Annapolis, Maryland · Annapolis, MD

Capital city of Maryland, United States.

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Massachusetts

Inside United States

Also known as 6th State · Bay State · Commonwealth of MA

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Boston

Inside Massachusetts

Also known as Beantown · Bean Town · Bostonia

Capital of Massachusetts and principal setting of Black Mass.

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New Jersey

Inside United States

Also known as El Estado Jardín · Estado de New Jersey · Estado de Nova Jérsei

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Trenton

Inside New Jersey

Also known as Trenton City, Mercer County, New Jersey · Trenton City, New Jersey · Trenton, New Jersey

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New York

Inside United States

Also known as Empire State · Estado del Imperio · estado de Nova Iorque

U.S. state containing Roslyn, Long Island, the setting of the school-embezzlement scandal depicted in Bad Education.

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New York City

Inside New York

Also known as Capital del Mundo · Capital do Mundo · Capital of the World

The metropolitan setting surrounding LaGuardia Airport, the flight path, rescue response, and media attention.

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North Carolina

Inside United States

Also known as Carolina del Norte · Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos · Carolina do Norte

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Pennsylvania

Inside United States

Also known as Bundesstaat Pennsylvania · Commonwealth de Pennsylvanie · Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia

Inside Pennsylvania

Also known as City of Brotherly Love · City of Philadelphia · Ciudad de Filadelfia

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Tennessee

Inside United States

Also known as El Estado Voluntario · Estado de Tennessee · État du Tennessee

U.S. state.

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Virginia

Inside United States

Also known as Antiguo Dominio · Commonwealth de Virginie · Commonwealth of Virginia

The Tidewater Virginia region was the setting for Jamestown and early English-Powhatan encounters.

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Oceania

Also known as Insular Oceania · islas del Pacífico · Novíssimo Mundo

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Tahiti

Inside Oceania

Also known as Île de Tahiti · Otaheite · Otaheitee

Island in French Polynesia in the South Pacific.

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Russia

Also known as Federação Russa · Federación de Rusia · Federación Rusa

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South America

Also known as América del Sud · América del Sur · América do Sul

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Brazil

Inside South America

Also known as Amérique lusophone · Auriverde · Brasil

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country1

Paraguay

Inside South America

Also known as Cœur de l’Amérique du Sud · Heart of South America · la République du Paraguay

Country in South America.