quipu

communication media historically used in the region of Andean South America
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quipu

Summary

quipu is an undeciphered writing system[1]. quipu draws 817 Wikipedia views per month (undeciphered_writing_system category, ranking #2 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • quipu is in the country of Inca Empire[3].
  • quipu's image is recorded as Inca Quipu.jpg[4].
  • quipu's instance of is recorded as undeciphered writing system[5].
  • quipu's instance of is recorded as knotted record[6].
  • quipu's made from material is recorded as string[7].
  • quipu's GND ID is recorded as 4164317-3[8].
  • quipu's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85110111[9].
  • quipu's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119811481[10].
  • quipu's has use is recorded as census[11].
  • quipu's Commons category is recorded as Quipu[12].
  • quipu's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-Quipu.wav[13].
  • quipu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01mt4r[14].
  • quipu's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph773968[15].
  • quipu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quipu[16].
  • quipu's described at URL is recorded as https://www.openculture.com/2018/11/inca-used-intricately-knotted-cords-called-khipu-write-histories-keep-records.html[17].
  • quipu's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300264828[18].
  • quipu's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0136393[19].
  • quipu's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • quipu's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • quipu's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • quipu's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • quipu's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • quipu's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • quipu's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • quipu's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/quipu[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for quipu include Quipu[28], an astronomical object[29].

Why It Matters

quipu draws 817 Wikipedia views per month (undeciphered_writing_system category, ranking #2 of 13).[2] quipu has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] quipu is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for quipu include Quipu[28], an astronomical object[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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