Axial Age

pivotal age characterizing history and philosophy from the 8th to 3rd centuries BCE
Intangible aspect_of_history Q340742
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Axial Age

Summary

Axial Age is an aspect of history[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of aspect_of_history entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Axial Age is credited with the discovery of Karl Jaspers[3].
  • Axial Age's instance of is recorded as aspect of history[4].
  • Axial Age's instance of is recorded as periodization[5].
  • Axial Age's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qkhs[6].
  • Axial Age's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Achsenzeit'}[7].
  • Axial Age's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2696120[8].
  • Axial Age's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as achsenzeit[9].
  • Axial Age's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776160466[10].
  • Axial Age's Lex ID is recorded as aksetid[11].
  • Axial Age's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 532441[12].
  • Axial Age's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 398935[13].

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Works and Contributions

Axial Age is credited with the discovery of Karl Jaspers[3].

Why It Matters

Axial Age ranks in the top 5% of aspect_of_history entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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