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ancient Near East

home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East
AdministrativeArea historical_region Q269678
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Summary

ancient Near East is a historical region[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of historical region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,957 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Follows: prehistory of West-Asia[3]
  • Followed by: medieval Near East[4]
  • Subclass of: ancient history[5]
  • Commons category: Ancient Near East[6]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Near East[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ancient Near East[8]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Ancient Near East[9]
  • Category of associated people: Q9944899[10]
  • History of topic: history of the ancient Near East[11]
  • Studied by: ancient Near Eastern studies[12]

Why It Matters

ancient Near East has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Amar-Sin Ashurnasirpal II Enûma Eliš Ereshkigal Gudea Roman Palestine

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Triggerhippie4 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Q51615
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: history of the Middle East"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0004118-staroveky-Orient
    Instance of → —
    Studied by → ancient Near Eastern studies
    Subclass of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0004118-staroveky-Orient, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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