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Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
Turkish empire in the Middle East, was the European antagonist during the Crusades. Lasted from 1037–1194, size is calculated to be the greatest extent reached in 1080. Arabian Sea: 3,862,000: Northern Indian Ocean. Andean Community: 3,809,100: A free trade area with the objective of creating a customs union comprising the South American ...
The newspaper wrote that the US has "a history of accretive land acquisitions", with a 7.1% internal rate of return for the Louisiana Purchase, 7.4% for Manhattan, and 9.0% for Alaska. [233] 24/7 Wall Street estimated a purchase price for Greenland of $533 billion, using Wyoming as a comparable. "If the United States wants it for the strategic ...
This is a list of urban areas in the European Union with over 500,000 inhabitants as of 2022. The data comes from Demographia and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Demographia provides figures for urban areas (including conurbations ), [ 1 ] while the UN DESA figures are a mix agglomerations , cities ...
The Swedish colonists established a trading relationship with the Susquehannock, and supported them in their successful war against Maryland colonists. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] While a Baltic naval power, the international power of the Swedish Empire was rooted in land-based military power, and when another general war engulfed northern Europe, the Royal ...
The U.S. added 525,000 square miles to its domain – land that would eventually become part of 10 states. In 1867, the federal government purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, adding ...
During the Pa. Senate's Game & Fisheries Committee meeting on Feb. 8, two senators asked how much public land does Pennsylvania really need.
In the second worst state to work in, Louisiana residents have the longest average working hours on the list at 44.3 per week, and also face poor workplace safety conditions, ranking 40th out of 50.