Gothia

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Gothia is a historical region in southern Sweden traditionally associated with the Götar people and later forming a core part of the Swedish kingdom.

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Gothia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
associatedWithEthnicGroup Götar
linked to: Gautar
capitalHistoricallyAssociated Skara
continent Europe
country Sweden
culturalRegionOf Sweden
earlierReligion Norse paganism
formedCorePartOf Swedish kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Sweden
governedBy Swedish kings
hasDemonym Geat
Gothian
linked to: Gothic
hasHistoricalConnectionTo Baltic Sea region
North Sea region
linked to: North Sea coast
hasHistoricalImportanceIn Swedish state formation
hasNameOrigin Goths
Götar
linked to: Gautar
historicalEconomyBasedOn agriculture
cattle raising
trade
historicalLanguageFamily North Germanic languages
historicallyLinkedTo Gothic peoples
linked to: Goths
historicalRegionOf Götaland
historicalStatus core land of Swedish kings
languageHistoricallySpoken Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language

Old Swedish
legalTradition Gothic law (Götalagen)
locatedIn Northern Europe
southern Sweden
locatedOn Scandinavian Peninsula
mentionedIn medieval Latin sources
medieval Swedish chronicles
modernCountryTerritory Sweden
overlapsWith Västergötland
Östergötland
partOf Christianization of Sweden
Kingdom of Sweden
Scandinavia
medieval Sweden
playedRoleIn formation of Swedish kingdom
politicalRole one of the main Swedish heartlands
relatedTo Geats
Goths
Götaland
religionHistoricallyDominant Christianity
timePeriod Middle Ages
Viking Age

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