Thrace

Summary

Thrace is a historical region^[1]. Thrace ranks in the top 2% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,141 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's image is recorded as Παλιό Φράγμα Γρατινης.jpg^[6].
• Thrace's continent is recorded as Europe^[7].
• Thrace's instance of is recorded as historical region^[8].
• Thrace's instance of is recorded as ancient civilization^[9].
• Thrace's instance of is recorded as nation^[10].
• Thrace's shares border with is recorded as Ancient Greece^[11].
• Thrace's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 246534538^[12].
• Thrace's GND ID is recorded as 4078277-3^[13].
• Thrace's locator map image is recorded as Thrace and present-day state borderlines.png^[14].
• Thrace's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80162943^[15].
• Thrace's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00577011^[16].
• Thrace's part of is recorded as Balkans^[17].
• Thrace's part of is recorded as Mediterranean Basin^[18].
• Thrace's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42, 'lon': 26}^[19].
• Thrace's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0968q^[20].
• Thrace's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge117026^[21].
• Thrace's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge131072^[22].
• Thrace's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thrace^[23].
• Thrace's Commons gallery is recorded as Ancient Thrace and ancient Thracians^[24].
• Thrace's page banner is recorded as Thrace banner Burial mounds near Kazanlak.jpg^[25].
• Thrace's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0067170^[26].
• Thrace's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Bulgaria^[3], a country^[28], in Bulgaria^[29], founded in 1878^[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's continent is recorded as Europe^[7]. Part of include Balkans^[17], a peninsula^[37] and Mediterranean Basin^[18], a bioregion^[38], in Spain^[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include historical region^[8], ancient civilization^[9], and nation^[10].

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 (2,141 views/month).^[2] Thrace has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Thrace is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

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