The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoChance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down118
arrow-up1349arrow-down1imageChance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 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-up2·2 months agoThus proving the almost total arbitrariness of defining Europe as a “continent” but here we are.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s how the Romans divided the world thousands of years ago and it stuck.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYea sorry, it’s been over a decade since I last had Geography class lmao
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