- September 11 attacks - Encyclopedia Britannica
September 11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on U S soil in U S history Over 3,000 people died in the attacks and rescue efforts
- Rocky Mountains | Location, Map, History, Facts | Britannica
Rocky Mountains, mountain range forming the cordilleran backbone of the great upland system that dominates the western North American continent
- List of U. S. Cities | Britannica
This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state (See also city and urban
- Elvis Presley | Biography, Songs, Movies, Death, Facts | Britannica
Elvis Presley, the iconic singer and actor known as ‘The King of Rock and Roll,’ revolutionized popular music with his electrifying performances and enduring influence on generations to come
- List of the world’s major volcanoes - Britannica
There are more than 1,500 potentially active volcanoes or volcanic areas around the world at any given time They may be the world’s most dynamic landforms, given their ability to grow by accretion or shatter and collapse during an eruption Volcanoes are vents in Earth’s crust (or in the crust of
- Leonardo da Vinci | Biography, Art, Paintings, Mona Lisa, Drawings . . .
Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance intellect, revolutionized art and science with his masterpieces like the Mona Lisa while pioneering advancements in anatomy, engineering, and invention
- United States | History, Map, Flag, Population | Britannica
The United States is a country in North America that is a federal republic of 50 states Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean
- Amazon River | Facts, History, Location, Length, Animals, Map . . .
Amazon River, the greatest river of South America and the largest drainage system in the world in terms of the volume of its flow and the area of its basin The total length of the river is at least 4,000 miles (6,400 km), which makes it slightly shorter than the Nile River
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