France overseas territories exclusive economic zone 11 million km²

France has the world's second-largest sea zone

~11 million km²

France’s overseas territories are scattered around the globe, giving it an exclusive economic zone of about 11 million square kilometres. Most of France’s territory and population are in Western Europe.

New Zealand sits on a mostly submerged continent

New Zealand is part of Zealandia, a microcontinent nearly half the size of Australia. Zealandia gradually submerged after breaking away from the supercontinent Gondwana.

One written language helped run a vast empire

The Achaemenid Empire stretched across many regions and languages, but its administration used a highly standardized form of written Aramaic. The practice had been inherited from earlier empires, giving officials a shared written language across a huge territory—and possibly helping hold the empire together.

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France overseas territories exclusive economic zone 11 million km²

France has the world's second-largest sea zone

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