Elam

Summary

Elam is an ancient civilization^[1]. Elam draws 843 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_civilization category, ranking #3 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• Elam's continent is recorded as Asia^[3].
• Elam's instance of is recorded as ancient civilization^[4].
• Elam's instance of is recorded as historical country^[5].
• Elam's capital is recorded as Anshan Persia^[6].
• Elam's capital is recorded as Susa^[7].
• Elam's follows is recorded as Proto-Elamite period^[8].
• Elam's followed by is recorded as Achaemenid Empire^[9].
• Elam's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 243355130^[10].
• Elam's locator map image is recorded as Elam Map-en.svg^[11].
• Elam's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83181686^[12].
• Elam's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00575957^[13].
• Elam's Commons category is recorded as Elam^[14].
• -2700-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Elam^[15].
• Elam was dissolved in -0539-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Elam's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.9, 'lon': 52.4}^[17].
• Elam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d96c^[18].
• Elam's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge601535^[19].
• Elam's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Iran^[20].
• Elam's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elam^[21].
• Elam's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 2--35764^[22].
• Elam's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0023693^[23].
• Elam's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[24].
• Elam's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[25].
• Elam's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[26].
• Elam's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Founding

-2700-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Elam^[15].

Identity

Elam's follows is recorded as Proto-Elamite period^[8]. Elam's followed by is recorded as Achaemenid Empire^[9].

Dissolution

Elam was dissolved in -0539-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Elam include Linear Elamite^[28], a writing system^[29], founded in -3000^[30] and proto-Elamite script^[31], a writing system^[32], in Elam^[33], founded in -3500^[34].

Why It Matters

Elam draws 843 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_civilization category, ranking #3 of 8).^[2] Elam has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Elam is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Elam include Linear Elamite^[28], a writing system^[29], founded in -3000^[30] and proto-Elamite script^[31], a writing system^[32], in Elam^[33], founded in -3500^[34].