Europe

1. The country was still in ruins from WWI.
2. The country was suffering social and political turmoil.

Many-most well known is in Ohio.

Southern Europe has a Mediterranean climate.

The "breadbasket of Europe" refers to the fertile lands of Ukraine, a sovereign state in Eastern Europe. Its capitol city is Kiev .

France is the leading agricultural producer for all of Europe. It has approximately over 42 million acres of developed agricultural land.

A lot more than 2 seas border Europe. For example there is the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, the North Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Ligurian Sea amongst others and of course there is the Atlantic Ocean.

Great Britain is as wide as 90,504 square miles

Norway and Sweden, plus the northern part of Finland.

Megabus travels to almost every city across the USA.

Geographers call such a region a shatter belt, a zone of persistent splintering and fracturing.

Italy, Greece, Turkey, Denmark, and the country of Ireland are peninsulas. A peninsula is land that is covered by 3/4 sides of water. These are the only European countries to fit this category. However, many European countries are ON a peninsula, but not necessarily a peninsula themselves. For example, Portugal and Spain form the Iberian Peninsula, Sweden and Norway form the Scandinavian Peninsula, etc.

All landmasses on Earth are constantly shifting and rearranging. The British Isles most likely just broke off as all landmasses do at one point or another. However, during the Ice Age (for example), the British Isles and Europe were connected due to the low sea levels. But once the ice melted, sea levels rose and the land bridge disappeared.

Iceland is the westernmost country in Europe.

Portugal is the westernmost country on the mainland.

The River Bain near Bainbridge in Wensleydale in Yorkshire at 2 miles long is the shortest river in England.

There are no democratic African countries in 1950's. Many of them were still under colonial rule.

In the way of actual paperwork, none apart from the marriage license. The UK citizen comes in on a visa waiver and you can get married in the US. For the US citizen to get to the UK, that is where the paperwork comes in. You both need to go to the UK embassy in the US and apply for a marriage visa for the US citizen to come into the UK. The US spouse will then be able to work straight away when you get to the UK also based on that visa.

Mont Blanc/Monte Bianco is the largest mountain in Western Europe. It is located on the French/Italian border. It stands at 4,810 meters (15,782 feet) tall.

Typically, a European size 30 is equivalent to a US size 10 in women's jeans. Of course it may also depend on the brand of jeans. Check to see if the size chart also has a European to US conversion table listed. It may also be a good idea to check consumer reviews to see if the brand runs large or small so you can adjust accordingly.

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Easy access to water (a basis for life - be it drinking, bathing or irrigation for crops).

The rivers also provided an efficient (relatively fast and secure) way of transporting trade goods between different towns.

UPS shipping rates to Europe vary greatly depending on several factors, including the size and weight of the shipped package and where it is being shipped from. Rates for shipping within Europe are significantly lower than those for packages shipped from, for example, Japan or the United States. The UPS website has tools which allow customers to get quotes for shipping packages from anywhere in the world to a European address.

The biggest supplier in Europe and one of the biggest in the world is Portugal.

There were many more than four nations in Europe in the late 1400s. They included Portugal, Spain, France, the Kingdom of Naples, the Papal States, the Holy Roman Empire, England, the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Kingdom of Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Prepared enough to win easily. It was a "cake walk", like Operation Desert Storm almost a 100 years later (both occurred in the 90s).

The Spanish-American War of 1898 wasn't called the "Splendid Little War" for nothing!

Both wars (by the way) were stated by the US Government to have "healed the wounds of the American people, and re-united the American people from the devastating US Civil War and Vietnam War." The latter was a quote aired on TV after DS by President Bush SENIOR in 1991.

The bodies of water located on the shores of Northern Europe include the Irish Sea, the English Channel, the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Finland, the White Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.