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historical source

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historical source

Summary

historical source has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • historical source is a type of source of information[2].
  • historical source's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Historical documents[3].
  • historical source's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Historical sources[4].
  • historical source's facet of is recorded as history[5].
  • historical source's partially coincident with is recorded as primary source[6].
  • historical source's studied by is recorded as source criticism[7].
  • historical source's studied by is recorded as study of history[8].

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Definition and Type

historical source is a type of source of information[2].

Why It Matters

historical source has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

source criticism

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_historical-source_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{historical source}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/historical-source}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009213-historicke-prameny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0009213-historicke-prameny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Historical documents, Category:Historical sources
    Facet of → history
    Studied by → source criticism, study of history
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007562976305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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