British expedition to Abyssinia

punitive expedition by the British to Abyssinia 1867-1868
Organization punitive_expedition Q743652
British expedition to Abyssinia
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British expedition to Abyssinia

Summary

British expedition to Abyssinia is a punitive expedition[1]. It draws 137 Wikipedia views per month (punitive_expedition category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • British expedition to Abyssinia is in the country of Ethiopian Empire[3].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's image is recorded as 1867-68 Abyssinia Expedition, (47), Magdala, sentry post over gate, (Custom).jpg[4].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's instance of is recorded as punitive expedition[5].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's instance of is recorded as research expedition[6].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140931386[7].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2005079935[8].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's location is recorded as Ethiopian Empire[9].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's Commons category is recorded as British Expedition to Abyssinia[10].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[11].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's point in time is recorded as +1868-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08dymh[13].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's participant is recorded as William Thomas Blanford[14].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's participant is recorded as William Jesse[15].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's participant is recorded as Clements Markham[16].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's participant is recorded as Richard Rivington Holmes[17].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British Expedition to Abyssinia[18].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[19].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's described by source is recorded as Observations on the geology and zoology of Abyssinia, made during the progress of the British expedition to that country in 1867-68.[20].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's BabelNet ID is recorded as 15026591n[21].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1821822[22].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MilitaryConflict", "BritishExpeditionToAbyssinia"][23].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Research expeditions[24].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 46019[25].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's UK Archival Thesaurus ID is recorded as f8/mt805/7009/12051[26].
  • British expedition to Abyssinia's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as erjaepbg[27].

Why It Matters

British expedition to Abyssinia draws 137 Wikipedia views per month (punitive_expedition category, ranking #2 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . biblethiophile.com. Retrieved . biblethiophile.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . biblethiophile.com. Retrieved . biblethiophile.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . biblethiophile.com. Retrieved . biblethiophile.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . biblethiophile.com. Retrieved . biblethiophile.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Joaquimsantos1978 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant William Thomas Blanford, William Jesse, Clements Markham +1
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Research expeditions
    Country of origin
    Point in time
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P580]]: 1867"
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