Home›Dramatic Genres›Place of OriginBrowse ByPlace of OriginPlace of origin names where a genre was first written. Wikipedia records that "the first work to be labelled as Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto," a single English novel that gave an entire genre its name. This dimension shows which places have given the world their own genres of writing.FactsPlace of OriginSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested500 BCE 1Place of OriginFilter Results25 entriesAdmission YearAll1707 (1)Area (sq km)All2831 (1)100,472 (1)132,049 (1)132,932 (1)148,460 (1)239,021 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)331,338 (1)347,681 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)450,295 (1)505,983 (1)513,120 (1)632,702.3 (1)783,562 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,904,569 (1)3,287,263 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)10,186,000 (1)18,052,768 (1)Country CountAll44 (1)Dissolution or End YearAll476 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll753 BCE (1)1492 (1)1523 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1832 (1)1861 (1)1923 (1)1945 (3)1946 (1)1947 (1)1949 (1)1962 (1)1971 (1)PopulationAll205,557 (1)9,267,000 (1)10,610,485 (1)49,752,000 (1)50,000,000 (1)51,106,229 (1)56,490,048 (1)58,900,000 (1)65,975,198 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)86,092,168 (1)92,417,681 (1)103,439,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)273,610,384 (1)284,200,000 (1)288,315,089 (1)340,587,000 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 25Ancient RomePlace of Origin1 entryBangladeshPlace of Origin1 entryBengalPlace of Origin1 entryChinaPlace of Origin5 entriesEastern EuropePlace of Origin2 entriesEnglandPlace of Origin1 entryEuropePlace of Origin5 entriesFrancePlace of Origin4 entriesGermanyPlace of Origin1 entryGreecePlace of Origin6 entriesIndiaPlace of Origin15 entriesIndonesiaPlace of Origin2 entriesIranPlace of Origin1 entryItalyPlace of Origin4 entriesJapanPlace of Origin4 entriesPhilippinesPlace of Origin1 entrySamoaPlace of Origin1 entrySouth KoreaPlace of Origin1 entrySpainPlace of Origin5 entriesSwedenPlace of Origin1 entryThailandPlace of Origin2 entriesTurkeyPlace of Origin1 entryUnited KingdomPlace of Origin5 entriesUnited StatesPlace of Origin1 entryVietnamPlace of Origin2 entriesSources1. Tragedy (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationTragedy, lead section, ancient Greek origin sentenceQuote, Tragedy, lead section, ancient Greek origin sentenceOriginating in the theatre of ancient Greece 2500 years ago, where only a fraction of the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides survive, as well as many fragments from other poets, and the later Roman tragedies of Seneca.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.