Damascus steel

type of steel used in Middle Eastern swordmaking
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Damascus steel

Summary

Damascus steel ranks in the top 0.9% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,213 views/month, #701 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Damascus steel's image is recorded as Watered pattern on sword blade1.Iran.JPG[2].
  • Damascus is named after Damascus steel[3].
  • Damascus steel's GND ID is recorded as 4148757-6[4].
  • Damascus steel's subclass of is recorded as steel[5].
  • Damascus steel's subclass of is recorded as Q134984300[6].
  • Damascus steel's Commons category is recorded as Damascus steel[7].
  • Damascus steel's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-Damaszener Stahl.wav[8].
  • Damascus steel's has part is recorded as steel[9].
  • Damascus steel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d4k[10].
  • Damascus steel's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300252429[11].
  • Damascus steel's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1058657[12].
  • Damascus steel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Damascus steel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Damascus-steel[14].
  • Damascus steel's different from is recorded as damascening[15].
  • Damascus steel's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France[16].
  • Damascus steel's Quora topic ID is recorded as Damascus-Steel[17].
  • Damascus steel's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776392920[18].
  • Damascus steel's Lex ID is recorded as damascering[19].
  • Damascus steel's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/67C615AE-E654-4F65-B2B5-04CED5253DC1[20].
  • Damascus steel's Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte ID is recorded as 570[21].
  • Damascus steel's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 312116[22].
  • Damascus steel's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as damasskaia-stal-450860[23].
  • Damascus steel's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 37319[24].
  • Damascus steel's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/963778c4-e7dd-4137-9b48-09421d03469c[25].

Why It Matters

Damascus steel ranks in the top 0.9% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,213 views/month, #701 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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