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Lauren Leatherby | How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World | By 2050, people age 65 and older will make up nearly 40% of the population in some parts of East Asia and Europe | Extraordinary numbers of retirees will be dependent on a shrinking number of working-age people to support them | Japan had the first major shift: By 2013, a quarter of the population was 65 and older, making Japan the oldest large country ever (July 16, 2023)
Hadrian heeded Augustus' advice to let the dominions be 'fenced in by the sea, the Ocean and long rivers’ (Tac., Ann. 1.9) | After all Augustus had almost doubled the size of the Roman Empire 31BC-AD14, and had tried further expansion by war but realized there were limits
Vladimir Putin has signed "accession treaties" formalising Russia’s illegal annexation of four occupied regions in Ukraine, marking the largest forcible takeover of territory in Europe since the second world war (Sept. 30, 2022)
A recreation of the Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map of the World, created by political scientists Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel based on the World Values Survey data – survey wave 4 (finalized 2004)
The Inglehart-Welzel World Cultural Map - World Values Survey 7 (2022) | On the y-axis it covered issues of tradition and religion, like patriotism, abortion, euthanasia and the importance of obeying the law and authority figures. The x-axis deals with self-expression, issues like everyday conduct and dress, acceptance of diversity (including foreigners) and innovation, and attitudes towards people with specific controversial lifestyles, as well as willingness to engage in political activism.
The world map of inequalities (Figure 3) reveals that national average income levels are poor predictors of inequality: among high-income countries, some are very unequal (such as the US), while other are relatively equal (e.g. Sweden). The same is true among low- and middle-income countries, with some exhibiting extreme inequality (e.g. Brazil and India), somewhat high levels (e.g. China) and moderate to relatively low levels (e.g. Malaysia, Uruguay).
"The next European war will start in the Ukraine" | Map published in Look magazine (March 14, 1939)
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed on June 7, 1494, divided the newly-discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire (Crown of Castile), along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. That line of demarcation was about halfway between the Cape Verde islands (already Portuguese) and the islands entered by Columbus on his first voyage (claimed for Castile & León), named in the treaty as Cipangu and Antilia (Cuba and Hispaniola)
Köppen–Geiger climate classification system divides climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on seasonal precipitation and temperature patterns. The five main groups are A (tropical), B (dry), C (temperate), D (continental), and E (polar).
The EF English Proficiency Index (2020) attempts to rank countries by the average level of English language skills amongst those adults who took the EF test. It is the product of EF Education First, an international education company, and draws its conclusions from data collected via English tests available for free over the internet.