Qin

Chinese state from the 9th century BC to 207 BC
Country ancient_chinese_state Q34756
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Qin

Summary

Qin is an ancient Chinese state[1]. Qin ranks in the top 3% of ancient_chinese_state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (819 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Qin's religion is recorded as Chinese folk religion[3].
  • Qin is in the country of Zhou dynasty[4].
  • Qin's continent is recorded as Asia[5].
  • Qin's instance of is recorded as ancient Chinese state[6].
  • Qin's instance of is recorded as Twelve Vassals[7].
  • Qin's capital is recorded as Xianyang[8].
  • Qin's official language is recorded as Old Chinese[9].
  • Qin's currency is recorded as ancient Chinese coinage[10].
  • Qin's basic form of government is recorded as absolute monarchy[11].
  • Qin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 239545604[12].
  • Qin's GND ID is recorded as 4250463-6[13].
  • Qin's locator map image is recorded as EN-QIN260BCE.jpg[14].
  • Qin's part of is recorded as Seven Warring States[15].
  • Qin's Commons category is recorded as Qin (state)[16].
  • -0905-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Qin[17].
  • Qin was dissolved in -0221-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Qin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.049117, 'lon': 106.993575}[19].
  • Qin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_fxk[20].
  • Qin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Qin (state)[21].
  • Qin's political ideology is recorded as Fengjian[22].
  • Qin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[23].
  • Qin's described by source is recorded as Records of the Grand Historian[24].
  • Qin's replaces is recorded as Tian Qi[25].
  • Qin's replaces is recorded as Yan[26].
  • Qin's replaces is recorded as Yue[27].

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Geography

Qin is in the country of Zhou dynasty[4]. Qin's continent is recorded as Asia[5]. Qin's part of is recorded as Seven Warring States[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ancient Chinese state[6] and Twelve Vassals[7]. Qin's religion is recorded as Chinese folk religion[3].

History and Context

-0905-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Qin[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Qin include Shina[28], a names of China[29] and China[30], a cultural region[31].

Why It Matters

Qin ranks in the top 3% of ancient_chinese_state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (819 views/month).[2] Qin has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Qin is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Qin include Shina[28], a names of China[29] and China[30], a cultural region[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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