Home›Religious and Devotional Writing›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.Place of OriginComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Place of OriginFilter Results16 entriesArea (sq km)All22,072 (1)147,181 (1)185,180 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)357,022 (1)438,317 (1)632,702.3 (1)881,913 (1)996,603 (1)1,104,300 (1)3,287,263 (1)5,222,321 (1)9,572,900 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll49 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All8849 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1769 (1)1801 (1)1861 (1)1922 (1)1932 (1)1946 (1)1947 (2)1948 (1)1949 (1)PopulationAll10,147,200 (1)26,657,437 (1)31,122,387 (1)46,118,793 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)109,139,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)241,499,431 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16AsiaPlace of Origin2 entriesChinaPlace of Origin1 entryEgyptPlace of Origin1 entryEthiopiaPlace of Origin1 entryFrancePlace of Origin1 entryGermanyPlace of Origin1 entryIndiaPlace of Origin3 entriesIraqPlace of Origin1 entryIsraelPlace of Origin2 entriesItalyPlace of Origin1 entryMesopotamiaPlace of Origin2 entriesNepalPlace of Origin1 entryPakistanPlace of Origin1 entrySouth AsiaPlace of Origin2 entriesSyriaPlace of Origin1 entryUnited KingdomPlace of Origin1 entryComments (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.