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	'''The Independent Sovereign Kingdom of the Northwest South Sandwich Islands and Tributary Lands''' (ISKNSITL) ruled the southeastern portion of several of the lesser ] from late antiquity until the ] dissolution of the ].
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	==The Independent Sovereign Kingdom of the Northwest South Sandwich Islands and Tributary Lands==
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	The origins of the Independent Sovereign Kingdom of the Northwest South Sandwich Islands and Tributary Lands are clouded by the mists of time and legend. For many centuries, Sandwichians and even scholars have believed the ISKNSITL to have been founded by a group of ] who had wandered woefully off course.<ref>Martin Saraband, ”The Vikings and ISKNSITL: A Reevaluation,” ''ISKNSITL Studies'', Vol. 44, December 1937, 18-84.</ref> However, recent ] reveals the majority of the South Sandwich population to be descendants of the ] peoples of central ]. The exciting 1977 archeological discovery <ref>Edgar Riley, ”The Pibckadoperen Inscription and its Implications for Northwest South Sandwichean Studies,” ''Archeology Today'', March, 1978, 867-912.</ref> of a stone tablet bearing the inscription “I claim this molehill for the Independent Sovereign Kingdom of the Northwest South Sandwich Islands and Tributary Lands – Francis Pibckadoperen – 5 August, ]” firmly established that the Kingdom had been founded no later than 5 August, 288 B.C.
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			\|GDP_PPP = ] $70.650 trillion
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	===The First Urantian Dynasty (111 B.C. – 46 A.D.)===
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	] (reigned 111 B.C. – 84 B.C.) is the oldest ISKNSITL monarch of whom records exist. He was also the first Urantian ]. The Urantians were one of a dozen or so family clans competing for power during the second and third centuries B.C. The ] establishment date marks Clover’s consolidation of these clans under a single ruler, following the infamous “bloodless war,” a brutal game of one-upmanship during which clan leaders attempted to make each other ]<ref>Raymond Remond, “The Significance of Herring in Sandwichean Culture,” ''Journal of the South Atlantic Historical Society'', February, 1994, 42-55.</ref> and, in turn, power over their families and vassals. “Losing face,” in accordance with age-old Sandwichian custom, could mean anything from failing to get a good laugh from one’s subjects after a solid gag to the dressing of one’s ox in the trappings of an orthodontist.
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	By 111, Clover’s only competition was the strongly-Hellenized prince ], who maintained iron control over his people through strict rules concerning ], the improper use of which could result in death, or worse. In a face-losing contest, Clover tricked Potiamian into performing unnatural acts with sea bass. This glorious victory sealed Clover’s status as first among unequals and gave him to right to sit at the head of the famed Sandwichian ].
			'''''World''''' is a common name for the planet ] seen from a ] ], as a place inhabited by ]. It is often used to signify the sum of human ] and ], or the ']' in general.


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			In a ] context, ''World'' may refer to the ], everything that constitutes ]: see ]
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	===Democratic Interregnum (46 – 346)===
			==Etymology==

			In ], the etymology of '']'' may be a compound of the obsolete words ''],'' "man", and ''eld,'' "age"; thus, its etymology would be semantically rendered as "age or life of man".<ref> </ref> Compare to the word for "world" in a closely related language to English, Dutch, which is "wereld."<ref> </ref>
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	The Urantian Dynasty lost power when upon his death King Clover IV ½, “The Lune,” left the Kingdom to his eighty-seven cats. A radical democratic faction fooled the cats into chasing a “pack of mice” out of the castle. On closer inspection, the “mice” turned out to be the idiot Seeber’s torn tassles.<ref>William Wright, ''The Life, Times and Herring of King Clover IV 1/2'', Penguin, 1962.</ref>
			'World' distinguishes the entire ] or ] from any particular ] or ]: ''world affairs'' are those which pertain not just to one place but to the whole world, and '']'' is a field of ] which examines events from a global (rather than a national or a regional) perspective. ''Earth'', on the other hand, refers to the planet as a physical entity, and distinguishes it from other planets and physical objects.


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			<nowiki>'</nowiki>''World''<nowiki>'</nowiki> can also be used attributively, as an ], to mean 'global', 'relating to the whole world', forming usages such as ]. See ].
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	===Volkerwanderung (346)===
			By extension, a <nowiki>'</nowiki>''world''<nowiki>'</nowiki> may refer to any planet or ], especially when it is thought of as inhabited.


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			<nowiki>'</nowiki>''World''<nowiki>'</nowiki>, when qualified, can also refer to a particular domain of ] ].
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	The ] did not bother with the southeastern portions of the Sandwich Islands, primarily because their primitive maps portrayed the “end of Earth” some 3,800 miles northeast of the South Sandwich Islands. Distraught over the Volkerwanderung’s snub, the Second Urantian Dynasty ceded sovereignty for “three hundred and ye odde yeares” to the ] family of ]. <ref>”The Everly Codicil,” ''ISKNSITL Studies'', Vol. 56, June 1949, 162-167.</ref>
			* The ''world of work'' describes paid work and the pursuit of a ], in all its social aspects, to distinguish it from home life and ] study.

			* The ''fashion world'' describes the environment of the designers, ]s and ]s that make up the ].
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			* The '']'' is a part of the world discovered or colonized by ]ans later than other parts; it usually refers to the ] continents or to ]. ] and ] tend to dislike this usage. For them America and Australia are not new. Their ancestors have lived there since ]. The '']'' refers, by contrast, to the continents of ], ] and north ].
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	===The Everly Dynasty (346 – 818)===
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			'''Earth''' is the only place in the ] where ] is known by ] to exist at this time.
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			Most scientific evidence indicates that the planet formed ] ago,<ref name="age_earth">{{cite book
	The Everlys ruled with an iron fist, yet were loved by the people for bringing stability and for never bothering to leave Kensington to visit their Kingdom.
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	===The Third and Final Holy Roman Urantian Dynasty and Empire Gift Shop (846 – 1806):===
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	The near thousand-year rule of The Third and Final Holy Roman Urantian Dynasty and Empire Gift Shop brought unparalleled stability to the Northwest South Sandwich Islands.
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	The ] ascension of ] “The Disgruntled” to the throne brought a new reign of terror upon the Sandwichians. As a mad expression of his absolute power, King Krabaple insisted upon shooting a peasant a day. Horrified by this idea, his minister of state dressed himself as a peasant and was shot. After a month and the succession of thirty ministers of state, one brilliant minister came up with the idea of filling the King’s gun with blanks and faking death. <ref>Anna Franpa, ”Mad King Krabaple and the Thirty Ministers,” ''ISKNSITL Studies'', Vol. 74, December 1967, 34-82.</ref>
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	In ], the revolutionary “]” movement, a group of rebel Guards of the Royal Order of Urantian ], attempted to overthrow the newly crowned ]. The movement failed for two reasons: (1) All of ISKNSITL is on holiday the month of August; (2) Urantian Kings do not arm their Mall Cops, primarily to avoid accidental shootings.<ref>Toby Johansen, ''So Close to Glory: The Augustist Movement'', Random House, 1988.</ref>
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	The end of the Independent Sovereign Kingdom of the Northwest South Sandwich Islands and Tributary Lands came in 1806, when the Holy Roman Empire dissolved. The Kingdom had signed a covenant with the Holy Roman Empire centuries earlier, and upon hearing of the dissolution of the Empire, ceded sovereignty to the ]’s ].
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			}}</ref> and life appeared on its surface within a billion years. Since then, Earth's ] has significantly altered ] and other ] conditions on the planet, enabling the proliferation of ] as well as the formation of the ] which, together with Earth's ], blocks harmful radiation, permitting life on land.<ref>{{cite book
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	* Egstikel, Harold, ''ISKNSITL: The Glory, the Power, the Herring'' (1932, The Mechanical Press for the Society for the Reinstitution of ISKNSITL)
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			Earth's ] is divided into several rigid segments, or ]s, that gradually migrate across the surface over periods of ]. About 71% of the surface is covered with ] ]s, the remainder consisting of ]s and ]s; liquid ], necessary for all known life, is not known to exist on any other planet's surface.<ref>Other planets in the solar system are either too hot or too cold to support liquid water. However, it is confirmed to have existed on the surface of Mars in the past, and may still appear today. See: <cite>{{cite news
	* Gibbon, Brentley, ''The Rise and Fall of the Second Urantian Dynasty'' (87 vols., 1844)
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			\| accessdate=2007-08-08 }}</cite></ref><ref>As of 2007, water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere of only one extrasolar planet, and it is a gas giant. See: {{cite journal

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	*''Proceedings of the Society for the Study of Urantian Monarchy''
			\| journal=Nature \| date=July, 2007 \| volume=448
			\| pages=169–171 \| doi= 10.1038/nature06002}}</ref> Earth's interior remains active, with a thick layer of relatively solid ], a liquid outer core that generates a magnetic field, and a solid iron ].

			The earth consists of seven continents listed as follows: North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia; the largest of which is Asia. There are several other methods of determining the continents.

			Earth is impacted upon by other objects in ], including the ] and the ]. At present, Earth orbits the Sun once for every roughly 365.26 times it rotates about its axis. This length of time is a ], which is equal to 365.26 ]s.<ref>The number of solar days is one less than the number of ]s because the orbital motion of the Earth about the Sun results in one additional revolution of the planet about its axis.</ref> The Earth's axis of rotation is ] 23.4° away from the ] to its ],<ref>Ahrens, ''Global Earth Physics: A Handbook of Physical Constants'', p. 8.</ref> producing seasonal variations on the planet's surface with a period of one ] (365.24 solar days). Earth's only known ], the Moon, which began orbiting it about 4.53 billion years ago, provides ocean ]s, stabilizes the axial tilt and gradually slows the planet's rotation. A ]ary bombardment during the early history of the planet played a role in the formation of the oceans.<ref name="comet">{{cite journal \| author=Morbidelli, A.; Chambers, J.; Lunine, J. I.; Petit, J. M.; Robert, F.; Valsecchi, G. B.; Cyr, K. E. \| title=Source regions and time scales for the delivery of water to Earth \| journal=Meteoritics & Planetary Science \| year=2000 \| volume=35 \| issue=6 \| pages=1309–1320 \| url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000M&PS...35.1309M \| accessdate=2007-03-06 }}</ref> Later, ] impacts caused significant changes to the surface environment.

			==Humanity==
			{{See\|Human\|World population}}
			Humans are ] ]s belonging to the ]ian species ''Homo sapiens''. Compared to other animals, humans have a relatively ] brain capable of abstract reasoning, ], and ]. This mental capability, combined with an erect body carriage that frees their upper limbs for manipulating objects, has allowed humans to make far greater use of ]s than any other species. ] evidence indicates that modern humans originated in ] about 200,000 years ago.<ref></ref> Humans now inhabit every continent and ], with a total population of over 6.73 billion humans as of January 2009.<ref name="popclock">{{cite web
			\|url=http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html
			\|title=World POPClock Projection
			\|accessdate=2007-06-14
			\|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division/International Programs Center}}</ref>

			Like most primates, humans are social by nature. However, humans are particularly adept at utilizing systems of communication for self-expression, the exchange of ideas, and organization. Humans create complex ]s composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from ] to ]s. ]s between humans have established an extremely wide variety of traditions, rituals, ethics, values, ], and ]s which form the basis of human society. Humans have a marked appreciation for beauty and aesthetics which, combined with the human desire for self-expression, has led to cultural innovations such as ], ] and ].

			Humans are noted for their desire to understand and influence the world around them, seeking to explain and manipulate natural phenomena through ], ], ] and ]. This natural curiosity has led to the development of advanced tools and skills.

			==Development==
			{{Main\|International development}}
			A summary of world development:
			*The universe is continuing its ].
			*Our galaxy is ].
			*The Sun is ].
			*Species are ].
			*Humans are ].
			*Human life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living, and ] are increasing.
			*] and ] are also developing.

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			==External links==
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For other uses, see World (disambiguation).

WorldTerra, Earth, Erde, Terre

Demonym(s)	Earthling
Area
• Total	149,000,000 km (58,000,000 sq mi)
Population
• 2009 estimate	6,750,000,000
• Density	45/km (116.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2008 estimate
• Total	USD $70.650 trillion
• Per capita	USD $9,600
GDP (nominal)	2007 estimate
• Total	USD $55 trillion
• Per capita	USD $8,100
HDI (2006)	0.747 high

World is a common name for the planet Earth seen from a human point of view, as a place inhabited by human beings. It is often used to signify the sum of human experience and history, or the 'human condition' in general.

In a metaphysical context, World may refer to the Universe, everything that constitutes reality: see World (philosophy)

Etymology

In English, the etymology of world may be a compound of the obsolete words were, "man", and eld, "age"; thus, its etymology would be semantically rendered as "age or life of man". Compare to the word for "world" in a closely related language to English, Dutch, which is "wereld."

Usage

'World' distinguishes the entire planet or population from any particular country or region: world affairs are those which pertain not just to one place but to the whole world, and world history is a field of history which examines events from a global (rather than a national or a regional) perspective. Earth, on the other hand, refers to the planet as a physical entity, and distinguishes it from other planets and physical objects.

'World' can also be used attributively, as an adjective, to mean 'global', 'relating to the whole world', forming usages such as World community. See World (adjective).

By extension, a 'world' may refer to any planet or heavenly body, especially when it is thought of as inhabited.

'World', when qualified, can also refer to a particular domain of human experience.

The world of work describes paid work and the pursuit of a career, in all its social aspects, to distinguish it from home life and academic study.
The fashion world describes the environment of the designers, fashion houses and consumers that make up the fashion industry.
The New World is a part of the world discovered or colonized by Europeans later than other parts; it usually refers to the American continents or to Australia. Native Americans and Native Australians tend to dislike this usage. For them America and Australia are not new. Their ancestors have lived there since time immemorial. The Old World refers, by contrast, to the continents of Europe, Asia and north Africa.

Earth

Main article: Earth

Earth is the only place in the universe where life is known by humanity to exist at this time. Most scientific evidence indicates that the planet formed 4.6 billion years ago, and life appeared on its surface within a billion years. Since then, Earth's biosphere has significantly altered the atmosphere and other abiotic conditions on the planet, enabling the proliferation of aerobic organisms as well as the formation of the ozone layer which, together with Earth's magnetic field, blocks harmful radiation, permitting life on land.

Earth's outer surface is divided into several rigid segments, or tectonic plates, that gradually migrate across the surface over periods of many millions of years. About 71% of the surface is covered with salt-water oceans, the remainder consisting of continents and islands; liquid water, necessary for all known life, is not known to exist on any other planet's surface. Earth's interior remains active, with a thick layer of relatively solid mantle, a liquid outer core that generates a magnetic field, and a solid iron inner core.

The earth consists of seven continents listed as follows: North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia; the largest of which is Asia. There are several other methods of determining the continents.

Earth is impacted upon by other objects in outer space, including the Sun and the Moon. At present, Earth orbits the Sun once for every roughly 365.26 times it rotates about its axis. This length of time is a sidereal year, which is equal to 365.26 solar days. The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23.4° away from the perpendicular to its orbital plane, producing seasonal variations on the planet's surface with a period of one tropical year (365.24 solar days). Earth's only known natural satellite, the Moon, which began orbiting it about 4.53 billion years ago, provides ocean tides, stabilizes the axial tilt and gradually slows the planet's rotation. A cometary bombardment during the early history of the planet played a role in the formation of the oceans. Later, asteroid impacts caused significant changes to the surface environment.

Humanity

Further information: Human and World population

Humans are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens. Compared to other animals, humans have a relatively highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning, language, and introspection. This mental capability, combined with an erect body carriage that frees their upper limbs for manipulating objects, has allowed humans to make far greater use of tools than any other species. DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago. Humans now inhabit every continent and low Earth orbit, with a total population of over 6.73 billion humans as of January 2009.

Like most primates, humans are social by nature. However, humans are particularly adept at utilizing systems of communication for self-expression, the exchange of ideas, and organization. Humans create complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families to nations. Social interactions between humans have established an extremely wide variety of traditions, rituals, ethics, values, social norms, and laws which form the basis of human society. Humans have a marked appreciation for beauty and aesthetics which, combined with the human desire for self-expression, has led to cultural innovations such as art, literature and music.

Humans are noted for their desire to understand and influence the world around them, seeking to explain and manipulate natural phenomena through science, philosophy, mythology and religion. This natural curiosity has led to the development of advanced tools and skills.

Development

Main article: International development

A summary of world development:

The universe is continuing its metric expansion.
Our galaxy is approaching its neighbor.
The Sun is shining brighter and brighter.
Species are becoming fewer.
Humans are increasing in number.
Human life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living, and GDP per capita are increasing.
Technology and socioculture are also developing.

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External links

"World". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.

References

American Heritage Dictionary
Het Van Dale woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal
Dalrymple, G.B. (1991). The Age of the Earth. California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1569-6.
Newman, William L. (July 9, 2007). "Age of the Earth". Publications Services, USGS. Retrieved 2007-09-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Dalrymple, G. Brent (2001). "The age of the Earth in the twentieth century: a problem (mostly) solved". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 190: 205–221. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.190.01.14. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
Stassen, Chris (September 10, 2005). "The Age of the Earth". TalkOrigins Archive. Retrieved 2007-09-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Harrison, Roy M. (2002). Causes and Environmental Implications of Increased UV-B Radiation. Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN 0854042652. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Other planets in the solar system are either too hot or too cold to support liquid water. However, it is confirmed to have existed on the surface of Mars in the past, and may still appear today. See: Msnbc (March 2, 2007). "Rover reveals Mars was once wet enough for life". NASA. Retrieved 2007-08-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)Staff (November 7, 2005). "Simulations Show Liquid Water Could Exist on Mars". University of Arkansas. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
As of 2007, water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere of only one extrasolar planet, and it is a gas giant. See: G. Tinetti; et al. (July, 2007). "Water vapour in the atmosphere of a transiting extrasolar planet". Nature. 448: 169–171. doi:10.1038/nature06002. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |last= (help)
The number of solar days is one less than the number of sidereal days because the orbital motion of the Earth about the Sun results in one additional revolution of the planet about its axis.
Ahrens, Global Earth Physics: A Handbook of Physical Constants, p. 8.
Morbidelli, A.; Chambers, J.; Lunine, J. I.; Petit, J. M.; Robert, F.; Valsecchi, G. B.; Cyr, K. E. (2000). "Source regions and time scales for the delivery of water to Earth". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 35 (6): 1309–1320. Retrieved 2007-03-06.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
The Smithsonian Institution, Human Origins Program
"World POPClock Projection". U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division/International Programs Center. Retrieved 2007-06-14.

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