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prehistory

span of time before recorded history
Thing time Q11756
prehistory
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Summary

prehistory is a time[1]. prehistory draws 16,843 Wikipedia views per month (time category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: historical period[3], periodization[4], historiographical concept[5]
  • Followed by: ancient history[6]
  • Subclass of: archaeological culture[7]
  • Commons category: Prehistory[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Prehistory[9]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Prehistory[10]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: historic:civilization=prehistoric[11]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Topic has template: Q6187119[14]
  • Subject named as: Vorgeschichte[15]
  • Studied by: prehistory and early history[16], prehistoric archaeology[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[18], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]

Why It Matters

prehistory has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] prehistory is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria One Million Years B.C. Prehistorik 2

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . 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. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004160-pravek
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004160-pravek, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  2. 18w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → prehistory and early history, prehistoric archaeology
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Studied by: prehistory and early history, дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  3. 18w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → prehistory and early history, prehistoric archaeology
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Studied by: prehistory and early history, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect prehistoric archaeology → prehistory and early history ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBo"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → ancient history
    Topic has template → Q6187119
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 4622, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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