Analysis Of Maps And Charts That Will Surprise You By Ezra Klein

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It is crazy to imagine that a circle the size of Asia has a greater population than the rest of the rest of the world's. In the article ¨5 Maps and Charts That Will Surprise You¨ by Ezra Klein he gives some insightful information about population and wealth of states. Did you know that Great Britain has invaded more than 90 percent of what is now the United Kingdom. Out of the 193 countries in the United Kingdom the British have invaded and or fought 171 of them. ¨The British have invaded almost every country on earth¨states Stuart Laycock. The first country that the British attacked was Gaul which is now modern day France. Can you guess how large Africa is? At first Africa was thought to be the size of

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