“Geography and History”

Area of earth is almost 510 million sq.km (51 crore)/ (5100 lac). While
area of land on earth is about 150 million sq.km/15 crore/1500 lac.
1. Asia= 44.61 million sq.km
2. Africa= 30.22 million sq.km
3. North America= 24.93 million sq.km
4. South America= 17.84 million sq.km
5. Antarctica= 14 million sq.km
6. Europe= 10.18 million sq.km
7. Oceania= 8.53 million sq.km

World’s largest countries by area in ascending order

1. Russia= 17.10 million sq.km
2. Canada= 9.98 million sq.km
3. United States of America= 9.83 million sq.km
4. China= 9.60 million sq.km
5. Brazil= 8.52 million sq.km
6. Australia= 7.69 million sq.km
7. India= 3.29 million sq.km
8. Argentina= 2.78 million sq.km
9. Kazakhstan= 2.72 million sq.km
10. Algeria= 2.38 million sq.km
11. Democratic Republic of the Congo= 2.34 million sq.km12.
12. Greenland= 2.17 million sq.km
13. Saudi Arabia= 2.15 million sq.km
14. Mexico= 1.96 million sq.km
15. Indonesia=1.90 million sq.km
16. Sudan=1.89 million sq.km
17. Libya=1.76 million sq.km
18. Iran=1.65 million sq.km
19. Mongolia= 1.56 million sq.km
20. Peru= 1.29 million sq.km
21. Chad= 1.28 million sq.km
22. Niger= 1.27 million sq.km
23. Angola= 1.25 million sq.km
24. Mali= 1.24 million sq.km
25. South Africa= 1.22 million sq.km
26. Colombia= 1.14 million sq.km
27. Ethiopia= 1.10 million sq.km
28. Bolivia= 1.10 million sq.km
29. Mauritania= 1.03 million sq.km
30. Egypt= 1.00 million sq.km
31. Tanzania= 945,087 sq.km
32. Nigeria= 923768 sq.km
33. Venezuela= 916,445 sq.km
34. Pakistan= 881,912 sq.km
35. Namibia= 825,615 sq.km
36. Mozambique= 801,590 sq.km
37. Turkey=783,562 sq.km
38. Chile= 756,102 sq.km
39. Zambia= 752,612 sq.km
40. Myanmar= 676,578 sq.km
41. Afghanistan= 652,230 sq.km
42. Somalia= 637,657 sq.km
43. Central African Republic= 622,984 sq.km
44. South Sudan= 619,745 sq.km
45. Ukraine= 603,500 sq.km
47. Madagascar= 587,041 sq.km
48. Botswana= 582,000 sq.km
49. Kenya= 580,367 sq.km
50. France= 551,806 sq.km
Rio de Janeiro (n); From Portuguese Rio de Janeiro - "river of January”. The
former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; Chief Brazilian port; famous as a
tourist attraction.
Mesopotamia (n); From Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía), from
μέσος (mésos, “between”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
(((Because Mesopotamia is located between rivers Euphrates and Tigris)))
Euphrates River (n); a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was
important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient
Mesopotamia.
Tigris River (n); a river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from
Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites
with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt-al-Arab before flowing into the Persian
Gulf.
Babylon (n); the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient
kingdom of Babylonia in 2nd and 1st century BC.
Babylonia (n); an ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia,
combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad.
[{An ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in
the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a
counselor to the king}]
Sumer (n); an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of
the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium
BC.
Akkad (n); one of the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia (northern Babylonia).
2. Also called Agade. A city in and the capital of this kingdom, one of the three
cities of Nimrod's kingdom. Genesis 10:10.
Nimrod (n); (biblical) A grandson of Ham; he was a mighty hunter and king of
Shinar.
Ham (n); (biblical) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.
Shem (n); (biblical) the oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.
Japheth (n); (biblical) the third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham.
Semitism (n); the religion, culture and customs of the Jewish people.
Semite (n); a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East
and northern Africa.
Canaan (n); an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the
Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.
A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine.
Canaanism (n); a cultural and ideological movement of the early 20th century,
claiming that much of the Middle East had been a Hebrew-speaking civilization in
antiquity, and hoping to create a Hebrew nation embracing both Arabs and Jews.
Antiquity (n); as a proper noun, usually used to refer to the period of Ancient
Greece and Ancient Rome