Etruscans
ancient civilization on the Appenine Peninsula
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Summary
Etruscans is a civilization[1]. Etruscans ranks in the top 7% of civilization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,950 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Etruscan[3]
- Religion or worldview: Etruscan mythology[4]
- Instance of: historical ethnic group[5]
- Commons category: Etruscans[6]
- Said to be the same as: Rasenna[7]
- Has part(s): Etruscan society[8], Etruscan archaic period[9], Etruscan Orientalizing period[10], Etruscan classical period[11], Etruscan Hellenistic period[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Etruscans[13]
- OpenStreetMap tag: historic:civilization=etruscan[14]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[17], Pauly–Wissowa[18]
- Participant in: Guerre romano-étrusque (311 - 308 av. J.-C.)[19]
- Uses: human sacrifice[20]
- Indigenous to: Italy[21]
- Time period: classical antiquity[22]
- Studied by: etruscology[23]
- Culture: Etruscan culture[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]
- Has works in the collection: Musée Saint-Raymond[26]
Why It Matters
Etruscans has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Etruscans is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]