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  If you're approaching this from a Christian theological perspective, there's an interesting distinction between pleasure and perfect joy. Christianity generally doesn't teach that heaven is a place where pleasure is absent. Quite the opposite: heaven is portrayed as fullness of joy and the absence of suffering. Psalm 16:11: “In your presence there is fullness of joy.” Revelation 21:4: God wipes away every tear, and “death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore.” Revelation 22:3–5: God's presence is central to the final state of humanity. So, in classical Christianity: Heaven → perfect joy + communion with God + no suffering. Then why isn't Earth like that? Christianity gives several answers. 1. Creation is good, but not yet perfected. Genesis begins with creation being declared “very good,” rather than describing physical pleasure as inherently evil. 2. Human freedom introduces the possibility of evil. Christian theology argu...

 Yes. Ancient Jewish women—particularly married women—did cover their hair, and the practice is demonstrably ancient. But we should distinguish when the practice existed from when Jewish law formally defined it as an obligation. A rough historical timeline Period Evidence for women's head covering Biblical period (~1000–500 BCE) Evidence is suggestive but not conclusive that all married women routinely covered their hair. Biblical passages mention women with covered heads, but they don't establish a universal rule. Second Temple period (~516 BCE–70 CE) Head covering appears to have been a recognized aspect of female modesty, but the evidence is incomplete and practices probably varied. Mishnah (~200 CE) Clear evidence: Mishnah Ketubot 7:6 says a married woman going out with her head uncovered violated dat Yehudit—accepted Jewish women's practice.  Talmud (~300–600 CE) The Babylonian Talmud goes further, arguing from Numbers 5:18 that a married woman's hair covering has ...

 Absolutely. A more useful version is to divide the world into subregions and separate measured survey evidence from modeled estimates. That avoids pretending that the UN actually records head-covering behavior—it doesn't. The UN provides the population denominator; surveys provide the behavioral evidence. The latest UN population framework is the 2024 Revision of World Population Prospects, covering 237 countries/areas.  🌍 Estimated female head-covering by subregion Definition here: women who routinely cover their head/hair in public, including religious and customary coverings. These are broad estimates, not official statistics. Subregion Approx. female population Estimated routinely covering Approx. number covering Confidence North Africa ~150m 45–65% 68–98m Medium West Africa ~220m 25–45% 55–99m Medium Central Africa ~100m 20–35% 20–35m Low–medium East Africa ~180m 20–40% 36–72m Medium Southern Africa ~70m 10–20% 7–14m Medium South Asia ~950m 35–55% 333–523m Medium–high M...

 Yes. But I want to make one correction to the earlier estimate: there is no UN statistic for “percentage of women who cover their heads.” So the continent figures below are modeled estimates, not measured census figures. The UN provides the female population; surveys such as Pew provide head-covering rates for particular countries/religions.  Using the latest UN population framework and available survey evidence, I would estimate the following for women aged 18+ who routinely cover their head/hair in public: Continent Approx. female population Estimated % routinely covering Estimated women covering Estimated women not routinely covering 🌏 Asia ~2.3 billion 30–40% ~690–920 million ~1.38–1.61 billion 🌍 Africa ~760 million 30–40% ~230–300 million ~460–530 million 🇪🇺 Europe ~390 million 5–10% ~20–40 million ~350–370 million 🌎 North America ~320 million 5–10% ~16–32 million ~288–304 million 🌎 South America ~220 million 3–7% ~7–15 million ~205–213 million 🌊 Oceania ~24 milli...

 If by “women in the world” you mean what proportion of women worldwide do not cover their heads/hair, there is no reliable global percentage. No major international survey measures head covering for all women across all religions and countries. What we can say from large surveys: Population Cover head/hair Do not cover 🇮🇳 Indian Muslim women 89% 11% 🇮🇳 Indian Hindu women 59% 41% 🇮🇳 Indian Christian women 21% 79% 🇺🇸 U.S. Muslim women 43% always/most of time ~57% 🇬🇧 Muslim women in Britain* >50% daily <50% 🇩🇪 Muslim women in Germany* ~40–50% daily ~50–60% 🇫🇷 Muslim women in France* ~13% daily ~87% ✡️ Israeli Jewish women ~19% 81% *Older Pew surveys, so these should not be treated as current 2026 estimates.  Globally The overwhelming majority of the world's women are not Muslim or Orthodox Jewish, and head covering is not a general requirement among most Christian, secular, Buddhist and many Hindu populations. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that a ma...

  Yes. The key is to distinguish religious groups from geographical populations. There is no single worldwide survey asking every woman in every continent whether she covers her head, so a precise global ranking would be misleading. The best comparable figures I found are: Population Approx. % of women who cover their head/hair What the figure represents 🇮🇳 Indian women overall 61% Indian women who cover their heads outside the home 🇮🇳 Indian Muslim women 89% Cover their heads outside the home 🇮🇳 Indian Hindu women 59% Cover their heads outside the home ✡️ Israeli Jewish women 19% Wear a wig, snood, scarf or hat in public ✡️ Israeli married Jewish women 25% Any traditional head covering ✡️ Israeli Haredi women ~93% Any head covering (the survey categories total about 93%) ✡️ Married Haredi women 99% Any head covering ✡️ Israeli Dati women 62% Any head covering ☪️ U.S. Muslim women 43% Always or most of the time wearing hijab 🌍 African women overall No reliable continental % ...

 Yes. I’d treat this as a historical composite index, not an objective scientific measurement. I’ll score each power at its historical peak across six dimensions: Military power — 25% Economic power — 20% Population/resources — 15% Territorial reach — 15% Technology/administration — 15% Global/regional influence — 10% That prevents sheer land area from automatically making an empire #1. For example, the British Empire was the largest geographically, while the Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire.  🏆 Historical Power Index — Top 20 Rank Empire / nation Peak Power Index /100 🥇 1 🇺🇸 United States 1945–present 98 🥈 2 🇬🇧 British Empire c. 1900–1914 97 🥉 3 🇲🇳 Mongol Empire c. 1270–1290 91 4 🇷🇺 USSR c. 1945–1980 90 5 🇨🇳 Qing Empire c. 1750–1800 88 6 🇷🇴 Roman Empire c. 100–160 CE 87 7 🇨🇳 Han Empire c. 1–100 CE 84 8 🇪🇸 Spanish Empire c. 1580–1650 83 9 🇫🇷 French Empire c. 1805–1812 82 10 🕌 Ottoman Empire c. 1500–1600 81 11 🇮🇷 Achaemenid Persian Empire...