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the original asset class, fought over since before money existed to fight with
means The solid part of the earth's surface not covered by water, or a particular country, region, or property a person owns.
from An old Germanic word that has stayed remarkably steady through the centuries — Old English 'land' meant ground, soil, and territory, with close cousins in German 'Land,' Dutch 'land,' and the Old Norse and Gothic forms too. It traces back to a Proto-Germanic root, possibly linked to a Celtic word for an enclosed or open space, though the deeper trail grows faint. The verb sense — to bring a ship or plane to land, to 'land' a fish or a job — grew naturally from the noun: to reach solid ground.
- surface share
- Just 29% of Earth, rest is ocean
- ownership oddity
- You usually don't own minerals beneath it
- land bridge
- Humans walked to America on one
- sinking value
- Coastlines literally lose land to rising seas
- sky claim
- Owning land once meant owning the airspace above
amazon rainforest — largest tropical rainforest spanning 5.5 million km² across 9 countries, primarily brazil
siberia — largest geographic region in russia, covering 77% of its territory with 13.1 million km²
sahara desert — world's largest hot desert at 9 million km² across north africa
great plains — vast grassland spanning 1.3 million km² from canada through central united states