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trade route

series of roads, pathways and stoppages for commercial trade on land; excludes rail
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trade route

Summary

trade route ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • trade route is a type of thoroughfare[2].
  • trade route is a type of trade route[3].
  • trade route's Commons category is recorded as Trade routes[4].
  • trade route's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Trade routes[5].
  • trade route's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • trade route's topic has template is recorded as Template:Trade route[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include thoroughfare[2] and trade route[3].

Why It Matters

trade route ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009585-obchodni-stezky
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