The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoChance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageChance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square83linkfedilink
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWestern part is in Europe, east of the Caucasus mountains is Asia. Map is slightly ehh in that regard.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoRussia west of the Ural mountains is Europe, east is Asia. But the Caucasus mountains are also a border between Europe and Asia.
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThus proving the almost total arbitrariness of defining Europe as a “continent” but here we are.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s how the Romans divided the world thousands of years ago and it stuck.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYea sorry, it’s been over a decade since I last had Geography class lmao
Western part is in Europe, east of the Caucasus mountains is Asia. Map is slightly ehh in that regard.
I think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?
Russia west of the Ural mountains is Europe, east is Asia. But the Caucasus mountains are also a border between Europe and Asia.
Thus proving the almost total arbitrariness of defining Europe as a “continent” but here we are.
That’s how the Romans divided the world thousands of years ago and it stuck.
Yea sorry, it’s been over a decade since I last had Geography class lmao