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2 unusual facts about Eurasia


Mikael Fortelius

His research involves the evolution of Eurasian land mammals and terrestrial environments during the Neogene, ecomorphology of ungulates, developmental biology, the function and evolution of mammalian teeth, and scaling problems (changes in size with growth or as species evolve).

Pilophorus acicularis

It is found on the west coast of North America up to Alaska, and in eastern Eurasia.


Borean languages

The concept is due to Harold C. Fleming (1987), who proposed such a "mega-super-phylum" for the languages of Eurasia, termed Borean or Boreal in Fleming (1991) and later publications.

Bremmer

Ian Bremmer, political scientist and president of Eurasia Group

Bublyk Kuzma Pavlovych

In 1917–1923 years he was witness and partly participant of events of Russian Revolution and Civil War in the central Eurasia, on the territories of former Russian Empire, in new-born Ukrainian and Russian Republics, which in 1922 became part of Soviet Union.

C. echinata

Carex echinata, the star sedge or little prickly sedge, a plant species native to North and Central America and parts of Eurasia

Climate of Kosovo

Important factors that affect Kosovo's climate are: its position towards Eurasia and Africa, hydrographic masses (Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean sea), atmospheric masses (tropic, arctic and continental) etc.

Colias tyche

It is found from Baffin Island west along the Hudson Bay and arctic coasts of the Nunavut and Northwest Territories mainland and the southern tier of Arctic Islands to northern Yukon, Alaska, and Eurasia.

Continental divide

Eurasia has various divides, depending on the definition of "ocean" (for example, the Mediterranean Sea and its various lobes, the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Black Sea with Europe).

David Gompert

Prior to leading the institute, Gompert was a special assistant to former President George H. W. Bush, as well as the senior director for Europe and Eurasia on the staff of the National Security Council from 1990 to 1993.

Dryland farming

Dryland farming is used in the Great Plains, the Palouse plateau of Eastern Washington, and other arid regions of North America such as in the Southwestern United States and Mexico (see Agriculture in the Southwestern United States and Agriculture in the prehistoric Southwest), the Middle East and in other grain growing regions such as the steppes of Eurasia and Argentina.

Eduniversal

The International Scientific Committee is composed of 12 members; 9 members coming from nine different geographic zones (Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Middle East, Far East Asia, Latin America, North America, Oceania and Western Europe), and 2 members from the Eduniversal Company (The CEO and the International Coordinator).

Eurasia Group

In March 2007, Eurasia Group acquired the assets of Intellibridge, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic advisory firm founded by former-National Security Advisor Anthony Lake and David Rothkopf.

European Association of History Educators

Thomas de Waal, Historian, Senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment

Extreme points of Eurasia

The least ambiguous westernmost point of Eurasia is Tearaght Island, Ireland (10° 40′ W).

Finno-Ugric peoples

A study of Population Genetics of Finno-Ugric speaking humans in North Eurasia carried out between 2002–2008 in the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Helsinki showed most of the Finno-Ugric speaking populations possess amalgamation of West and East Eurasian gene pools, genetic drift, and recurrent founder effect.

Geography of Finland

The Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Eurasian continent to the east interact to modify the climate of the country.

H. niger

Hyoscyamus niger, the henbaneor stinking nightshade, a plant species found in Eurasia

H. vulgaris

Hippuris vulgaris, the common mare's tail, a common aquatic plant species found in Eurasia

Harvest mouse

Micromys from Eurasia, particularly the Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)

Hesperornithes

Small hesperornithine bones are known from the freshwater deposits of the Late Cretaceous of the Judith River Group as well as the Hell Creek and Lance Formations as well as Eurasian sites.

Hippuris vulgaris

The common mare's tail, Hippuris vulgaris (from Greek: ἵππος — horse and οὐρά — tail), is a common aquatic plant of Eurasia and North America ranging from Greenland to the Tibetan Plateau to Arizona.

Hyphantria

One species, Hyphantria cunea Drury, 1773, was introduced in Western, Central and Eastern Eurasia.

I. aemula

Idia aemula, the common idia, powdered snout or waved tabby, a moth species found from Canada south to Florida and Texas and in most of Eurasia

Institute for Security and Development Policy

Its origins lie in the Silk Road Studies Program, founded at Uppsala University in 2002 by Svante Cornell and Niklas Swanström, and which focused on the geographical area covering Eurasia from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean.

International Bank of Azerbaijan

In 2012, IBA was ranked number 38 in "Top 200 Banks in Eurasia" by Business New Europe magazine.

Jacques von Polier

Polier is also author of a book about Russia and Eurasia published in 2002 by Robert Laffont.

Johanna Nichols

Her research interests include the Slavic languages, the linguistic prehistory of northern Eurasia, language typology, ancient linguistic prehistory, and languages of the Caucasus, chiefly Chechen and Ingush.

Luzula wahlenbergii

Luzula wahlenbergii has a relatively wide distribution, growing across Arctic Eurasia, far-east Russia (including Transbaikal), Alaska, Greenland, Canada and the mountains of Scandinavia.

Maria Rosetti

Irina Livezeanu, June Pachuta Farris (eds.), Women & Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: a Comprehensive Bibliography, Volume I: Southeastern and East Central Europe, M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, 2007.

N. candida

Nymphaea candida, an aquatic perennial herbaceous plant species native to quiet freshwater habitats in Eurasia

Omeljan Pritsak

In addition to the early Rus', Pritsak's works focused on Eurasian nomads and steppe empires such as those created by the Bulgars, Khazars, Pechenegs, and Kipchaks.

Prehistoric technology

Domestication of plants and animals with early stages in the Old World (Afro-Eurasia) Mesolithic and New World (American continent) Archaic periods led to significant changes and reliance on agriculture in the Old World Neolithic and New World Formative stage.

Pseudanophthalmus

Along with the monobasic genus Neaphaenops (also Jeannel) from Kentucky caves, the dibasic genus Nelsonites (Valentine) from Tennessee and Kentucky, and Trechoblemus of Eurasia and North America (Ganglbauer), it forms the “Trechoblemus complex”.

Regis Ghezelbash

He has been the key-person in initiating cultural bridges and cooperations between France, Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific cultures through cinematographic initiatives such as the French-Kazak movie Ulzhan and French-Korean movie “Filmaker”.

T. palustris

Thelypteris palustris, the marsh fern, native to eastern North America and across Eurasia.

Tamga

The Ak Koyunlu and Kara Koyunlu, like many other royal dynasties in Eurasia, put their tamga on their flags and stamped their coinage with it.

The Twins of Destiny

It followed the (fictional) quest of two children, Jules and Julie, in their travels across Eurasia seeking to overthrow the Empress Dowager of China, and consequently, release their fathers from imprisonment.

There Be Squabbles Ahead

"Filistata" is the name for a genus of spiders native to Eurasia and Northern Africa.

Vladas Vitkauskas

Between 1993 and 1996 Vitkauskas climbed the Seven Summits, the highest peaks of all the continents including Mt. Everest (Eurasia), Mt. McKinley (6,194 m, North America), Vinson Massif (4,897 m, Antarctica), Kilimanjaro (5,895 m, Africa), Mt. Kosciusko (2,228 m, Australia), Aconcagua (6,959 m, South America); also Elbrus (5,642 m, Caucasus) and Mont Blanc (4,807 m, Alps) in Europe.

Water frog

Pelophylax, a genus of frog widespread in Eurasia, with a few species ranging into northern Africa

White-backed Woodpecker

D. l. leucotos (Bechstein, 1802), the nominate subspecies, widespread across Eurasia from north, central and eastern Europe to northeast Asia, Korea and Sakhalin.

Wild leek

Allium ampeloprasum, native to Eurasia, the wild ancestor of cultivated leeks


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