- History of Greenland - Wikipedia
The history of Greenland is a history of life under extreme Arctic conditions: currently, an ice sheet covers about eighty percent of the island, restricting human activity largely to the coasts The first humans are thought to have arrived in Greenland around 2500 BCE
- Greenland - Wikipedia
Greenland[d] is an autonomous territory [e] in the Kingdom of Denmark [16][17] It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands It shares a small 1 2 km border with Canada on Hans Island Citizens of Greenland are full citizens of Denmark and of the European Union Greenland is one of the Overseas
- Timeline of Greenland - Wikipedia
1721: The first Danish settlement is created near present-day Nuuk 1776: Denmark assumes a full monopoly of trade with the island 1800s: Greenland is explored and mapped in this period of time 1814: Norway lost Greenland as a result of the Treaty of Kiel
- Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland - Wikipedia
Since the 19th century, the United States has considered, and made, several attempts to purchase the island of Greenland from Denmark, as it did with the Danish West Indies in 1917
- Outline of Greenland - Wikipedia
In 1978, Denmark granted home rule to Greenland, making it an equal member of the Danish Realm Greenland is, by area, the world's largest island which is not a continent in its own right
- Greenland | History, Population, Map, Flag, Weather . . .
Greenland, the world’s largest island, lying in the North Atlantic Ocean Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) is noted for its vast tundra and immense glaciers Although Greenland remains part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the island’s home-rule government is responsible for most domestic affairs
- Greenland - Viking, Inuit, Colonization | Britannica
Greenland - Viking, Inuit, Colonization: The Inuit are believed to have crossed to northwest Greenland from North America, using the islands of the Canadian Arctic as stepping-stones, in a series of migrations that stretched from at least 2500 bce to the early 2nd millennium ce
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