Thrace

Summary

Thrace is a historical region^[1]. Thrace ranks in the top 2% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,508 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thrace is in the country of Bulgaria^[3].
• Thrace is in the country of Greece^[4].
• Thrace is in the country of Turkey^[5].
• Thrace is on the continent of Europe^[6].
• Thrace's instance of is recorded as historical region^[7].
• Thrace's instance of is recorded as ancient civilization^[8].
• Thrace's shares border with is recorded as Ancient Greece^[9].
• Thrace is part of Balkans^[10].
• Thrace is part of Mediterranean Basin^[11].
• Thrace's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 42, 'longitude': 26}^[12].
• Thrace's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thrace^[13].
• Thrace's Commons gallery is recorded as Ancient Thrace and ancient Thracians^[14].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[15].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[16].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[19].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[23].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[25].
• Thrace's category for people born here is recorded as Q32397000^[26].
• Thrace's category for people who died here is recorded as Q32755256^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Bulgaria^[3], a country^[28], in Bulgaria^[29], founded in 0681^[30]; Greece^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in Greece^[32], founded in 1821^[33]; and Turkey^[5], a sovereign state^[34], in Turkey^[35], founded in 1923^[36]. Thrace is on the continent of Europe^[6]. Part of include Balkans^[10], a peninsula^[37] and Mediterranean Basin^[11], a bioregion^[38], in Spain^[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include historical region^[7] and ancient civilization^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Thrace include Trakiya Heights^[40] and Mount Thrace^[41], a mountain^[42].

Why It Matters

Thrace ranks in the top 2% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,508 views/month).^[2] Thrace has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Thrace is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for Thrace include Trakiya Heights^[40] and Mount Thrace^[41], a mountain^[42].