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Estimates of the population of the world at the time agriculture emerged in around 10,000 BC have ranged between 1 million and 15 million. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Even earlier, genetic evidence suggests humans may have gone through a population bottleneck of between 1,000 and 10,000 people about 70,000 BC, according to the now largely discredited Toba ...
Over 340 people have died attempting to reach—or return from—the summit of Mount Everest which, at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), is Earth's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This makes it the mountain with the most deaths, although it does not have the highest death rate.
Between 1937 and 2012, an estimated 1,400 bodies were recovered of people who had jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, located in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. [1] In 2013, 118 potential jumpers were talked down from their attempts and did not jump. [2] As of 2013, it is estimated that 34 people have survived after jumping. [3]
A video of the Eastern United States taken by the crew of Expedition 29 from the International Space Station as it passed over the region in 2011 A map of the Eastern United States. The Eastern United States, often abbreviated as simply the East, is a macroregion of the United States located to the east of the Mississippi River. [1]
Estimated at 1,500,000 before Qin's wars of unification [1] Samnite Wars: 33,500+ 343 BC–290 BC Roman Republic vs. Samnites Italy Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by Roman writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater. Wars of Alexander the Great ...
The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. [a] The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president, Donald Trump, and vice president, Mike Pence. [9]
The 1923 earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.9, killed more than 100,000 people, the last time the urban area was directly hit. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] [ 115 ] Volcanic eruptions
All member states together cover an area of 25.07 million km² and about 966.88 million people. [10] Their combined military spending as of 2022 constituted around 55 percent of the global nominal total. [11] Moreover, members have agreed to reach or maintain the target defence spending of at least two percent of their GDP by 2024. [12] [13]