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pre-Columbian era

historical era of the Americas before significant European contact
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pre-Columbian era
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Summary

pre-Columbian era is an era[1]. It draws 8,658 Wikipedia views per month (era category, ranking #10 of 69).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: archaeological period[3]
  • Location: Americas[4]
  • Subclass of: civilization[5]
  • Commons category: Pre-Columbian era[6]
  • Start time: -48000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • End time: 1492[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pre-Columbian era[9]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portail:Amérique précolombienne[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:Pre-Columbian era[11]
  • Studied by: Pre-Columbian studies[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

pre-Columbian era has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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