Ancient Alexandria

ancient coastal city in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great
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Ancient Alexandria

Summary

Ancient Alexandria is a human settlement[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #351 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ancient Alexandria is located in Alexandria[3].
  • Ancient Alexandria is in the country of Egypt[4].
  • Ancient Alexandria's instance of is recorded as human settlement[5].
  • Ancient Alexandria's instance of is recorded as ancient city[6].
  • Ancient Alexandria's Commons category is recorded as Alexandria in Antiquity[7].
  • Ancient Alexandria's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Xenophôn-Histoire d'Alexandrie à l'époque hellénistique.wav[8].
  • Ancient Alexandria's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.19527777777778, 'lon': 29.904166666666665}[9].
  • Ancient Alexandria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ancient Alexandria[10].
  • Ancient Alexandria's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • Ancient Alexandria's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[12].
  • Ancient Alexandria's detail map is recorded as Plan of Alexandria c 30 BC Otto Puchstein 1890s EN.svg[13].
  • Ancient Alexandria's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/123073t5[14].
  • Ancient Alexandria's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as alexandrie-a-l-epoque-hellenistique-reperes-chronologiques[15].

Body

Geography

Ancient Alexandria is in the country of Egypt[4]. It is located in Alexandria[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include human settlement[5] and ancient city[6].

Why It Matters

Ancient Alexandria ranks in the top 0.98% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #351 of 35,923).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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