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historical period

Summary

historical period ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • historical period is a type of time interval[2].
  • historical period's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox historical era[3].
  • historical period's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2408[4].
  • historical period's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2348[5].
  • historical period's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/HistoricalPeriod[6].
  • historical period's different from is recorded as periodization[7].
  • historical period's properties for this type is recorded as P580[8].
  • historical period's properties for this type is recorded as P156[9].
  • historical period's properties for this type is recorded as P582[10].
  • historical period's properties for this type is recorded as P155[11].
  • historical period's has list is recorded as list of time periods[12].
  • historical period's inappropriate property for this type is recorded as P571[13].
  • historical period's inappropriate property for this type is recorded as P1365[14].
  • historical period's inappropriate property for this type is recorded as P576[15].
  • historical period's inappropriate property for this type is recorded as P1366[16].

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Definition and Type

historical period is a type of time interval[2].

Why It Matters

historical period ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[1] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Has list → list of time periods
    Subclass of → —
    Properties for this type → P580, P156, P582 +1
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4623, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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