and he annexed the neighbouring kingdom ofDeirain 605. The area between the Firth of Forth and theRiver Humberbecame known asNorthumbria(i.e., land north of the Humber) and was the most powerful of the 7th-century Anglo-Saxon states.Holy Island(Lindisfarne) was the centre for the spread ...
Description: country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom Neighbors: Scotland and Wales Categories: constituent country of the United Kingdom, cultural area, nation, country and locality Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe View on OpenStreetMapLatitude of cente...
Europe is the second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia). It occupies nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area. The long processes of his
The boundaries of the East End are not well defined, but for the purposes of this page it covers from the edge of The City to the River Lea in the East, and Shoreditch and Haggerston in the North.Stepney Suburb Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5. Stepney is an area in London, ...
Russia is a country with territory in both Europe and Asia. Although the majority of its population and land area are located in Asia, about a quarter of its territory and population are located in Europe. Therefore, Russia is considered to be a transcontinental country with cultural, historical...
Area:3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 sq km). Population:~ 335,000,000. Largest cities:New York City,Los Angeles,Chicago,San Francisco,Las Vegas,Miami,Boston, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas. Official language:None at federal level. ...
Fitting a complex population pattern into a tidy statistical box is no easy feat, but this U.S. Census Bureau map is up to the challenge.
Area: 11,730,000 sq mi (30,370,000 sq km).Population: ~ 1,500,000,000.Language groups: Afroasiatic languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Niger–Congo languages.Regions of Africa: Northern Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa, Horn of Africa, Maghreb, Sahara...
The North Pole is actually not on land. Instead, it is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, which is dotted with many large and small islands and almost entirely surrounded by land. Many people think that the North Pole is on land because the sea there is frozen solid and accessible by ...
Area:10,180,000 km2 (3,930,000 sq mi) Population:745,173,774 (2021) Population Density:72.9/km2 (188/sq mi) GDP (nominal):$24 trillion (2022 est) GDP per capita: $34,230 (2022 est.) Religions: Christianity (76.2%) No religion (18.3%) ...