Goths

Summary

Goths is a historical ethnic group^[1]. Goths ranks in the top 1% of historical_ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,094 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Goths's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group^[3].
• Goths is a type of East Germanic tribes^[4].
• Goths's Commons category is recorded as Goths^[5].
• Goths comprises Visigoths^[6].
• Goths comprises Crimean Goths^[7].
• Goths comprises Ostrogoths^[8].
• Goths comprises Moesogoths^[9].
• Goths began on 100^[10].
• Goths ended on 1475^[11].
• Goths's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Goths^[12].
• Goths's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gothic people^[13].
• Goths's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Goths's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Goths's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[16].
• Goths's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[17].
• Goths's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• Goths's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[19].
• Goths's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Goths's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[21].
• Goths's participant in is recorded as Gothic War of 401–403^[22].
• Goths's different from is recorded as Goth^[23].
• Goths's different from is recorded as Godo^[24].
• Goths's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Goths's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group^[3]. Goths is a type of East Germanic tribes^[4].

Use and Application

Components include Visigoths^[6], a tribe^[26]; Crimean Goths^[7], an ethnic group^[27]; Ostrogoths^[8], a historical ethnic group^[28]; and Moesogoths^[9], a historical ethnic group^[29].

Influence

Things named for Goths include Gothic art^[30], an art movement^[31], in France^[32] and Gothicism^[33], a cultural movement^[34], in Sweden^[35].

Why It Matters

Goths ranks in the top 1% of historical_ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,094 views/month).^[2] Goths has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Goths is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Goths include Gothic art^[30], an art movement^[31], in France^[32] and Gothicism^[33], a cultural movement^[34], in Sweden^[35].