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Western canon

books, music and art traditionally accepted by Western scholars as the most important in shaping Western culture
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Western canon

Summary

Western canon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,036 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Western canon's image is recorded as Albert Memorial Friese Collage - May 2008-edit1.jpg[2].
  • Western canon's subclass of is recorded as educational canon[3].
  • Western canon's subclass of is recorded as high culture[4].
  • Western canon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/081pg[5].
  • Western canon's facet of is recorded as Western culture[6].
  • Western canon's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as western-canon[7].
  • Western canon's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779682715[8].

Why It Matters

Western canon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,036 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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