The study of place names and language shows the lasting effect which the Viking settlements had in the British Isles, and DNA analysis provides some insights into the effect the Vikings had on the genetic stock of the countries where they settled. All of this provides valuable information, but ...
In its release notes, GAIN points out the countries that have risen the highest and dropped the lowest. While Russia and China are improving, Jordan fell by 31 points—seemingly becauseof its low scores when it comes to fresh water access and dam capacity, a big issue for plenty of Middle...
The other countries whose cinemas changed dramatically are: Britain, which had an interesting but undistinguished history in the silent period; Italy, which had a brief moment of international fame just before the war; the Scandinavian countries, particularly Denmark, which played a role in the deve...
So most of the world's fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the rich countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining ...
Nowadays it is possible to transport food easily from one part of the world to the other. We can eat what we like at any time of the year. (1) Do people eat rice in the south of China? (2) Why don't the Germans eat much fish? (3) Which countries have many kinds of saus...
Of people who have learned English as a second language, the clearest accents are probably from north European countries like the Netherlands or Scandinavia. That might just be because English is quite common there so people get more practice, but I suppose it could also be because the native ...
In Scandinavia the VikingAge is regarded as part of prehistory because there are practically no contemporary written sources. Even in western Europe, the VikingAge is often seen as part of the "DarkAges", from which comparatively few historical records have survived. Surviving accounts of Viking ...
Scandinavia-which now makes a great deal of the world's paper-did not begin to make it until 1500. It was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees. After that, the forest countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States ...
Is Lapland a real place? And how many Laplands are there? Lapland is definitely a real place, but it is a region not an autonomous unified entity. There is only one Lapland but it is governed and administrated by four separate countries – Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. ...
Scandinavia-which now makes a great deal of the world's paper-did not begin to make it until 1500. It was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees. After that, the forest countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States ...