OUR GLOBAL REACH

WE GIVE THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY

OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY

95 COUNTRIES REPRESENTATION IN OUR COMMUNITY OUT OF 193 COUNTRIES IN THE UN TREATY.

916 CITIES.

RANGE 5,058 --10,058 POPULACE.

3.5 MILLION GLOBAL REACH.

2-YEAR-OLD COMMUNITY AS OF NOVEMBER 2024

WE WELCOME ALL COUNTRIES INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO BE GAME CHANGERS

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USA

USA DESTINATIONS

HISTORY: AMERICAN (INDIANS) INDIGENOUS CULTURE

Archeological and genetic evidence show that people have been here at least 23,000 years and as long as 30,000 years, underscoring American Indians' oral history that their ancestors lived on these lands from time immemorial.

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Archeology This Month: Native American Heritage

The United States had an official estimated resident population of 335,893,238 on Jan 1, 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.[19] This figure includes the 50 states and Washington, D.C. but excludes the population of five unincorporated U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands) as well as several minor island possessions. The United States is the third most populous country in the world, and the most populous in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere.[20] The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.4% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2022,[21] below the world average annual rate of 0.9%.[22] The total fertility rate in the United States estimated for 2022 is 1.665 children per woman,[3] which is below the replacement fertility rate of approximately 2.1. By several metrics, including racial and ethnic background, religious affiliation, and percentage of rural and urban divide, Illinois is the most representative of the larger demography of the United States. Population pyramid of the United States PopulationIncrease 335,893,238 (est. 2024)[1] Density86.16/sq mi (33.27/km2) Growth rateIncrease 0.4% (2022) Birth rateDecrease 10.7 births/1,000 population (2023) Death ratePositive decrease 9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023) Life expectancyIncrease 79.3 years (2023)[2] • maleIncrease 76.9 years (2023)[2] • femaleIncrease 81.8 years (2023)[2] Fertility rateIncrease 1.665 children born/woman (2022)[3] Infant mortality rate5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)[4] Net migration rate3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020)[5] Age structure Under 18 years22.2% (2021)[6] 18–44 years35.9% (2021)[6] 45–64 years25.2% (2021)[6] 65 and over16.8% (2021)[6] Nationality NationalityAmerican Major ethnic Neutral decrease Whites (61.63%)[7] Britons (11.71%)[8] English (7.70%) Irish (3.29%) Scots (0.44%) Scots-Irish (0.11%) Welsh (0.08%) Others (0.09%) Germans (4.69%) Pennsylvania Germans (0.03%) Others (4.66%) White Hispanics (3.80%) Spaniards (0.56%) Others (3.24%) Italians (2.00%) Poles (0.81%) French (0.54%) French-Canadians (0.08%) Others (0.46%) Arabs (0.48%) Lebanese (0.10%) Egyptians (0.09%) Others (0.29%) Norwegians (0.31%) Russians (0.30%) Dutch (0.27%) Swedes (0.24%) Portuguese (0.18%) Greeks (0.17%) Others (35.86%) Minor ethnic Neutral decrease Blacks (12.40%)[7] Black Hispanics (0.35%)[9] Haitians (0.28%) Jamaicans (0.24%) Nigerians (0.15%) Others (11.38%) Neutral increase Mixed (10.21%)[7] Mixed Hispanics (6.12%)[10] Others (4.09%) Neutral increase Asians (6.00%)[7] East, Central and Southeast Asians (4.18%)[11] Chinese (1.25%) Filipinos (0.93%) Vietnamese (0.59%) Koreans (0.46%) Japanese (0.22%) Others (0.73%) South Asians (1.74%) Indians (1.33%) Pakistanis (0.19%) Others (0.22%) Asian Hispanics (0.08%) Neutral increase Natives (1.12%)[7] Native Hispanics (0.45%)[12] Aztecs (0.12%) Mayas (0.06%) Others (0.27%) Navajos (0.12%) Cherokees (0.07%) Others (0.48%) Neutral increase Islanders (0.21%)[7] Hawaiians (0.06%)[13] Samoans (0.04%) Islander Hispanics (0.02%) Others (0.11%) Neutral increase Some other race (8.42%) Other Hispanics (7.91%) Others (0.51%) WIKIPEDIA REFERENCE

TURKEY

TURKEY DESTINATIONS

The history of Turkey, understood as the history of the area now forming the territory of the Republic of Turkey, includes the history of both Anatolia (the Asian part of Turkey) and Eastern Thrace (the European part of Turkey). These two previously politically distinct regions came under control of the Roman Empire in the second century BC, eventually becoming the core of the Roman Byzantine Empire. For times predating the Ottoman period, a distinction should also be made between the history of the Turkic peoples, and the history of the territories now forming the Republic of Turkey[1][2] From the time when parts of what is now Turkey were conquered by the Seljuq dynasty, the history of Turkey spans the medieval history of the Seljuk Empire, the medieval to modern history of the Ottoman Empire, and the history of the Republic of Turkey since the 1920s

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Population pyramid of Turkey in 2020 PopulationIncrease 85,372,377 (31 December 2023) DensityIncrease 108.95421/km2 (2023) Growth rateDecrease 0.11% (2023) Birth rateDecrease 10.9 births/1,000 population (2023) Death rateNegative increase 6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023) Life expectancyIncrease 78.6 years (2020) • maleIncrease 75.9 years (2020) • femaleIncrease 81.3 years (2020) Fertility rateDecrease 1.51 children born/woman (2023)[1] Infant mortality ratePositive decrease 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2022) Net migration rateDecrease -1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) Age structure 0–14 yearsDecrease 21.4% (2023) 15–64 yearsIncrease 68.3% (2023) 65 and overNegative increase 10.2% (2023) Sex ratio Total0.99 male(s)/female (2021)[2] At birth1.05 male(s)/female (2022) Under 151.05 male(s)/female (2022) 15–64 years1.03 male(s)/female (2022) 65 and over0.82 male(s)/female (2022) Nationality NationalityTurkish Major ethnicTurks (70–75%)[3] Minor ethnic Kurds (19%)[3] Others (6–11%)[3] (2016 est.) Language OfficialTurkish SpokenLanguages of Turkey

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GERMANY

GERMANY DESTINATIONS

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in Central Europe can be traced to Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul. The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (AD 9) prevented annexation by the Roman Empire, although the Roman provinces of Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were established along the Rhine. Following the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Franks conquered the other West Germanic tribes. When the Frankish Empire was divided among Charles the Great's heirs in 843, the eastern part became East Francia. In 962, Otto I became the first Holy Roman Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the medieval German state.

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Population pyramid as of 31 December 2020 PopulationDecrease 84,669,326 (31 December 2023)[1] Growth rateDecrease −0.12% (2024) Birth rateDecrease 9.3 births/1,000 population (2020)[2] Death ratePositive decrease 11.8 deaths/1,000 population (2020)[2] Life expectancyIncrease 81.2 years (2018–2020)[3] • maleIncrease 78.64 years • femaleIncrease 83.40 years Fertility rateDecrease 1.35 children born (2023) Infant mortality ratePositive decrease 3.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2014) Sex ratio Total0.97 male(s)/female (2015) At birth1.06 male(s)/female Under 151.05 male(s)/female 15–64 years1.02 male(s)/female 65 and over0.76 male(s)/female Nationality Nationalitynoun: German(s) adjective: German Major ethnic Germans (71.3%) Minor ethnic Turks (3.4%) Poles (2.6%) Russians (1.6%) Kazakhs (1.6%) Others (19.5%) Language OfficialGerman (77.05%) SpokenTurkish (2.53%) Russian (2.26%) Arabic (1.74%) Serbo-Croatian (1.28%) Polish (1.22%) English (1.20%) Romanian (0.91%) Ukrainian (0.72%) Albanian (0.71%) Kurdish (0.68%) Others (9.70%) WIKIPEDIA REFERENCE

BRAZIL

BRAZIL DESTINATIONS

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the lands that now constitute Brazil were occupied, fought over and settled by diverse tribes. Thus, the history of Brazil begins with the indigenous people in Brazil. The Portuguese arrived to the land that would become Brazil on April 22, 1500, commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral, an explorer on his way to India under the sponsorship of the Kingdom of Portugal and the support of the Catholic Church.

From the 16th to the early 19th century, Brazil was created and expanded as a colony, kingdom and an integral part of the Portuguese Empire. Brazil was briefly named "Land of the Holy Cross" by Portuguese explorers and crusaders before being named "Land of Brazil" by the Brazilian-Portuguese settlers and merchants dealing with brazilwood. The country expanded south along the coast and west along the Amazon and other inland rivers from the original 15 hereditary captaincy colonies established on the northeast Atlantic coast east of the Tordesillas Line of 1494 that divided the Portuguese domain to the east from the Spanish domain to the west.[1] The country's borders were only finalized in the early 20th century, with most of the expansion occurring before the independence, resulting in the largest contiguous territory in the Americas.

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Population pyramid of Brazil in 2022 PopulationIncrease 203,080,756 (2022 census)[1] DensityIncrease 22.5/km2 Growth rateDecrease 0.61% (2024 est.) Birth rateDecrease 13.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) Death ratePositive decrease 7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.) Life expectancyIncrease 76.3 years (2024 est.) • maleIncrease 72.6 years • femaleIncrease 80.1 years Fertility rateDecrease 1.57 children born/woman (2022 est.) Infant mortality ratePositive decrease 10.31 deaths/1,000 live births Net migration rateIncrease -0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) Age structure 0–14 yearsDecrease 19.6% 15–64 yearsIncrease 69.5% 65 and overNegative increase 10.9% (2024 est.) Sex ratio Total0.97 male(s)/female (2023 est.)[2] At birth1.05 male(s)/female Under 151.04 male(s)/female 15–64 years0.98 male(s)/female 65 and over0.75 male(s)/female Nationality NationalityBrazilian Major ethnic Neutral increase Mixed (45.34%)[3] Neutral decrease White (43.46%)[3] Portuguese (N/D) Italian (N/D) Spanish (N/D) Arab (N/D) German (N/D) Others (N/D) Minor ethnic Neutral increase Black (10.17%)[3] Neutral increase Native (0.60%)[3] Tupi (0.08%) Others (0.52%) Neutral decrease East Asian (0.42%)[3] Japanese (N/D) Chinese (N/D) Others (N/D) Language OfficialPortuguese SpokenLanguages of Brazil WIKIPEDIA REFERENCE

RUSSIA

RUSSIA DESTINATIONS

The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs.[1][2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.[3][4] In 882, Prince Oleg of Novgorod seized Kiev, uniting the northern and southern lands of the Eastern Slavs under one authority, moving the governance center to Kiev by the end of the 10th century, and maintaining northern and southern parts with significant autonomy from each other. The state adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Kievan Rus' ultimately disintegrated as a state due to the Mongol invasions in 1237–1240. After the 13th century, Moscow emerged as a significant political and cultural force, driving the unification of Russian territories. By the end of the 15th century, many of the petty principalities around Moscow had been united with the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which took full control of its own sovereignty under Ivan the Great.

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Population pyramid of Russia as of 1 January 2024 PopulationDecrease 146,150,800 (January 2024)[1] Growth rateDecrease -0.38% (2022)[2] Birth rateDecrease 8.7 births/1,000 population (2023)[3] Death rateNeutral decrease 12 deaths/1,000 population (2023) Life expectancyDecrease 70.06 years (2021)[4] • maleDecrease 65.51 years (2021)[4] • femaleDecrease 74.51 years (2021)[4] Fertility rateDecrease 1.41 (2023) Infant mortality rateNeutral decrease 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)[4] Net migration rateDecrease 0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020)[4] Age structure Under 18 years~23.21%[5] 18–44 years~34.73%[5] 45–64 years26.55%[5] 65 and over15.6%[5] Sex ratio Total0.86 male(s)/female (2009) At birth1.06 male(s)/female Under 151.06 male(s)/female (male 11,980,138/female 11,344,818) 15–64 years0.925 male(s)/female (male 48,166,470/female 52,088,967) 65 and over0.44 male(s)/female (male 5,783,983/female 13,105,896) Nationality Nationalitynoun: Russian(s) adjective: Russian Major ethnicRussians (71.73%)[6][7] Minor ethnic Tatars (3.20%) Chechens (1.14%) Bashkirs (1.07%) Chuvash (0.73%) Avars (0.69%) Armenians (0.64%) Ukrainians (0.60%) Dargins (0.43%) Kazakhs (0.40%) Kumyks (0.38%) Kabardians (0.36%) Ingush (0.35%) Lezgins (0.33%) Others (17.92%) Language OfficialRussian SpokenLanguages of Russia

FRANCE

FRANCE DESTINATIONS

The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls, Aquitani and Belgae. The Gauls, the largest group, were Celtic people speaking Gaulish. Over the first millennium BC the Greeks, Romans and Carthaginians established colonies on the Mediterranean coast and offshore islands. The Roman Republic annexed southern Gaul in the late 2nd century BC, and legions under Julius Caesar conquered the rest of Gaul in the Gallic Wars of 58–51 BC. A Gallo-Roman culture emerged and Gaul was increasingly integrated into the Roman Empire.

In the later stages of the Roman Empire, Gaul was subject to barbarian raids and migration, most importantly by the Germanic Franks. The Frankish king Clovis I united most of Gaul in the late 5th century, setting the stage for Frankish dominance for hundreds of years. Frankish power reached its fullest extent under Charlemagne. The medieval Kingdom of France emerged from the western part of Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire, known as West Francia, and achieved increasing prominence under the rule of the House of Capet, founded in 987.

Population pyramid, 2021 PopulationIncrease 68,373,433 (January 2024)[1] Birth rateDecrease 11.0 births/1,000 population (2020)[2] Death ratePositive decrease 10.0 deaths/1,000 population (2020)[2] Life expectancyIncrease 83.2 (2023) • maleIncrease 80.0 • femaleIncrease 85.7 Fertility rateDecrease 1.68 (2023)[3] Infant mortality ratePositive decrease 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)[4] Net migration rateNeutral increase 1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) Age structure 0–14 yearsDecrease 16.96% (2024) 15–64 yearsIncrease 60.87% (2024) 65 and overNegative increase 22.17% (2024) Nationality NationalityFrench Major ethnicFrench (Native) Minor ethnic Occitans (Native) Afro-French Algerians Arpitans (Native) Bretons (Native) Italians Portuguese Germans Turks Corsicans (Native) Poles British Vietnamese Romanians Catalans (Native) Romani Spaniards Russians Ukrainians Others Language OfficialFrench (official) SpokenLanguages of France WIKIPEDIA REFERENCE