Ancient Greece

Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
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Ancient Greece

Summary

Ancient Greece is an art style[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of art_style entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ancient Greece is on the continent of Europe[3].
  • Ancient Greece is on the continent of Asia[4].
  • Ancient Greece is on the continent of Africa[5].
  • Ancient Greece's instance of is recorded as art style[6].
  • Ancient Greece's instance of is recorded as ancient civilization[7].
  • Ancient Greece's instance of is recorded as historical region[8].
  • Ancient Greece's instance of is recorded as cultural region[9].
  • Ancient Greece's instance of is recorded as culture[10].
  • Ancient Greece's instance of is recorded as civilization[11].
  • Ancient Greece's currency is recorded as ancient Greek coinage[12].
  • Ancient Greece's shares border with is recorded as Thrace[13].
  • Ancient Greece's shares border with is recorded as Illyria[14].
  • Ancient Greece's shares border with is recorded as Persian Empire[15].
  • Ancient Greece is part of history of Greece[16].
  • Ancient Greece's Commons category is recorded as Ancient Greece[17].
  • Ancient Greece began on 1200 BC[18].
  • Ancient Greece ended on 600[19].
  • Ancient Greece's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 38.5, 'longitude': 23}[20].
  • Ancient Greece's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ancient Greece[21].
  • Ancient Greece's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Ancient Greece[22].
  • Ancient Greece's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic:civilization=ancient_greece[23].
  • Ancient Greece's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24].
  • Ancient Greece's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ancient Greece topics[25].
  • Ancient Greece's category of associated people is recorded as Category:Ancient Greeks[26].
  • Ancient Greece's different from is recorded as Classical Greece[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include art style[6], ancient civilization[7], historical region[8], cultural region[9], culture[10], and civilization[11].

Use and Application

Ancient Greece is part of history of Greece[16].

Influence

Things named for Ancient Greece include Greco-Roman world[28], a region[29] and Lard of the Dance[30], an animated series episode[31], directed by Dominic Polcino[32].

Why It Matters

Ancient Greece ranks in the top 1% of art_style entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,170 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

It is credited with the discovery of Santorini caldera[35], a mountain[36], in Greece[37], founded in -1613[38]. Entities named for it include Greco-Roman world[28], a region[29] and Lard of the Dance[30], an animated series episode[31], directed by Dominic Polcino[32].

FAQs

What did Ancient Greece discover?

Ancient Greece is credited as discoverer of Santorini caldera[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM8038
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM8038, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788904550532"
  2. 9w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → art style, ancient civilization, historical region +3
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P31]]"
  3. 10w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Ancient_Greece
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Locations/Ancient_Greece"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3c0FoD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0002170-staroveke-recko
    Different from → Classical Greece
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: g0002170-staroveke-recko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  6. 21w ago · Liber008 · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia
    Economy of topic → economy of ancient Greece
    Topic has template → Template:Ancient Greece topics
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q11514315]]"
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