Ancient Greece
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Summary
Ancient Greece is an art style[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of art style entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44,105 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Continent: Europe[3], Asia[4], Africa[5]
- Instance of: ancient civilization[6], historical region[7], cultural region[8], culture[9], civilization[10]
- Currency: ancient Greek coinage[11]
- Shares border with: Thrace[12], Illyria[13], Persian Empire[14]
- Part of: history of Greece[15]
- Commons category: Ancient Greece[16]
- Start time: 1200 BC[17]
- End time: 600[18]
- Coordinate location: 38.5, 23[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ancient Greece[20]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Ancient Greece[21]
- OpenStreetMap tag: historic:civilization=ancient_greece[22]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23]
- Topic has template: Template:Ancient Greece topics[24]
- Category of associated people: Category:Ancient Greeks[25]
- Different from: Classical Greece[26]
- History of topic: History of ancient Greece[27]
- Indigenous to: Greece[28]
- Studied by: ancient history[29], Greek studies[30], classics[31]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q22828833[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[33], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
- Wikimedia outline: outline of ancient Greece[35]
- Economy of topic: economy of ancient Greece[36]
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Influence
Things named for Ancient Greece include Greco-Roman world[37], a region[38] and Lard of the Dance[39], an animated series episode[40], directed by Dominic Polcino[41].
Why It Matters
Ancient Greece has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
It is credited with the discovery of Santorini caldera[44], a mountain[45], in Greece[46], founded in -1613[47]. Entities named for it include Greco-Roman world[37], a region[38] and Lard of the Dance[39], an animated series episode[40], directed by Dominic Polcino[41].
FAQs
What did Ancient Greece discover?
Ancient Greece is credited as discoverer of Santorini caldera[44].