Latin alphabet worldwide writing system Vietnamese

The Latin alphabet spread far beyond Europe

It is the world’s most widely used writing system, adopted by languages across the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania, as well as by Vietnamese. The alphabet came through Etruscan from Greek.

A collapse of North Atlantic circulation could shift rainfall south

If a major North Atlantic ocean current system became much weaker, the Northern Hemisphere would tend to get less rain and longer dry periods, while parts of the Southern Hemisphere would become wetter. Europe could also cool, and sea level could rise faster along parts of North America's east coast.

Al-Biruni reasoned that unknown inhabited lands could exist

About Two-Fifths Of Earth’S Circumference

Al-Biruni calculated that the known lands of Africa, Europe, and Asia covered only about two-fifths of Earth's circumference. From the empty space left over, he reasoned that other inhabited land could exist between Asia and Europe, centuries before Europeans reached the Americas.

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The Latin alphabet spread far beyond Europe

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