Kingdom of Tambora
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The Kingdom of Tambora was a small pre-colonial polity on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia, known for being destroyed along with its capital and people by the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former country
ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ pre-colonial polity ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | site buried under volcanic deposits ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Year Without a Summer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
global climatic effects of 1815 eruption ⓘ |
| capital | Tambora (capital city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| culturalConsequence | extinction of a distinct local culture ⓘ |
| demiseType | sudden catastrophic destruction ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| disestablishedIn | 1815 ⓘ |
| endCause |
ash fall
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pyroclastic flows ⓘ volcanic eruption ⓘ volcanic tsunami ⓘ |
| endDate | 1815 ⓘ |
| eruptionType | Plinian eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| eruptionVEI | VEI-7 eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| event | 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Tambora people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Tambora language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of a society completely destroyed by a volcanic disaster ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | extinct polity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being destroyed in the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
ⓘ
complete annihilation of its population ⓘ loss of the Tambora language ⓘ |
| languageStatus | language extinct after 1815 eruption ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lesser Sunda Islands
ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumbawa NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Indonesia ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Flores Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanggar Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnVolcano | Mount Tambora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernCountryTerritory | Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernProvinceTerritory | West Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Tambora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sumbawa Island polities ⓘ |
| populationOutcome | population wiped out by eruption ⓘ |
| region | western Sumbawa ⓘ |
| religion | local indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| sourceType | known mainly from historical and linguistic reconstruction ⓘ |
| sovereigntyStatus | independent local kingdom prior to 1815 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-colonial era ⓘ |
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