There are seven continents.
Eurasia, Africa, America, Antarctica, Australia, Greenland and Zealandia.
Change my mind.
Europe is actually more a collection of large islands that have temporarily decided to exist as a unified land mass because Africa and Asia are squeezing it from both sides (geologically speaking)
Geologically speaking India and surroundings are also not Asia but a separate continent running into Asia creating the Himalayas
But europe is a continent.
Europe is just a part of the Eurasian continent.
Continent is an arbitrary division not consistently backed by any actual geological features.
Only because europe insists on this tomfoolery
So you think that Hokkaido is in North America and Somalia isn’t in Africa?
Haha, how funny
I’d appreciate if you could answer the question. Do you perhaps have another geologic feature to propose? If you want to use large landmasses, then islands don’t belong to any continents at all. If you don’t set a minimum size, then there are far too many continents to remember. So what is it?
This is unironically true. You can call it Eurasia if you’re feeling charitable to the pale demons.
I know the japanese and koreans are pretty pale but calling them demons is a bit much don’t you think?
plus
far west Asia: Africa
south south east Asia: Austrailia
Don’t forget elevated east Asia. (The moon)
and hot Asia: the center of the earth
Iirc we have the ancient greeks to thank for the current distinction. They named Europe the region north of greece, and Asia the region west of Anatolia, and then eventually decided that their actual boundary should be the middle of the black sea
I’m pretty sure China calling itself “central county” probably plays some role as well.
I thought the boundary was generally agreed upon as the Ural and Caucasus Mountains?
That would be eventually. But back then, Europe and Asia weren’t continents, they were names of undetermined regions that were north or east of them respectively.
I don’t know when or who decided “you know what? This whole region? It’s a continent, and let’s call it Europe” (maybe the Romans? Or even the Greeks?).
“That’s where the sun rises, that’s where it sets, and this sea is the middle of the earth”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics I have a few comments
Then let’s hear them.
which are?
west asia, south asia and Kamchatka should be exempt
As a European, yeah, this does make more sense.
you mean north west asian? yea
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Disgusting Kazhaqstan-centric world view. smh
How dare you?! Obviously [other point on sphere] is the superior point of reference.
/s
And that point is obviously Mongolia
*throat singing intensifies*
Yeah its called Eurasia. Some Russians are quite fans of this kind of thinking.
As a Russian, I’m always bewildered why everyone else seems to refer to Europe and Asia as separate continents. Like, y’all blind or something? Look at the map!
And if you think it’s about geology or something, nuh-uh. It’s just a random convention coming from ancient perceptions, and it is heavily wrong. Eurasia is a single continent, and always has been.
Basically the idea was that the mountains caused Europe to develop mostly separately from Asia.
Tbh I always thought it was silly too. Continents have always been more vibes based than anything and unless we’re reverse engineering Victorian race science I don’t think there’s a compelling argument.
It’s Ourasia, comrade
Some Russians? More like majority of them.
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Now I want a version from Europe’s perspective where China would be something like Eastern Eastern Eastern Europe
Probably something much stupider, like East India.
Eurasia, with the European, Indian, Arabian, and Scandinavian Great Peninsulas
hehe suddenly Italy and Spain are “the nordics”
Asia was named such by the Europeans, meaning something like ‘the land of the sunrise’ and thus referencing its Eastern position relative to Europe.
Etymonline cites a possible Akkadian origin for ‘europe’ meaning ‘to go down, set’, which would mirror the origin for the word ‘asia’.
In other words, Europe and Asia might literally mean ‘the western and eastern bit,’ making perfect sense.
Whereas “East” just means “direction of the egg”
c. 1300, from Latin Asia, from Greek Asia, speculated to be from Akkadian asu “to go out, to rise,” in reference to the sun, thus “the land of the sunrise.” Used by the early Greeks of what later was known as Asia Minor; by Pliny of the whole continent.
whereas europe means … wide face xd
Often explained as “broad face,” from eurys “wide” (see eury-) + ops “face,” literally “eye” (from PIE root *okw- “to see”). But also traditionally linked with Europa, Phoenician princess in Greek mythology. Klein (citing Heinrich Lewy) suggests a possible Semitic origin in Akkad. erebu “to go down, set” (in reference to the sun) which would parallel occident. Another suggestion along those lines is Phoenician 'ereb “evening,” hence “west.”
So, basically, East.
Thus reaulting in Eurasia being the setting and rising land, which is fitting because the sun certainly does do both things there from what I hear (I’ve only been to North America according to the tectonicists in this thread)
Found the Roman.
The best European invention was the Suez canal, preventing people from realising that Africa is also the same landmass.
I propose we dig a similar canal from the north of Russia to the Black sea to unambiguously become a continent. Some would argue Caspian sea is more appropriate, but come on: Connecting the Black sea to the White sea? That’s poetic.
This plan would cost trillions, benefit no one and have devastating consequences for millions of people. I will not be answering questions.
Europe and Asia are the same continental mass but Africa is not. Africa is moving independent to the Eurasian continent and is even slowly producing a new continent at the horn of Africa. So yes, it’s true that Europe and Asia are the same continent but Africa is not. It is also slowly moving into Europe. That’s why the Alps exist.
India then should also count as a separate continent since it’s on a separate plate. It’s not clear cut.
also somalia and California
It is often called Indian subcontinent,
Actually, Europe is a large island group that just surfaced some 100 million years ago.
Behold, the 16 continents:
From Wikipedia.
You are of course free to define continent how you want, but I am free to prefer Afroeurasia over a North America that includes parts of Siberia and half of Japan.Bro actually believes in plate tectonics 💀
It’s still so wild to me that something so fundamental and basic was figured out only in the past 60-80 years.
I’m happy to include Japan in North America. Sad to lose parts of California, but it feels fair, especially since we get to keep cuba.
Also this is leaving me wondering about arctic earthquakes…
you also got parts of russia
I support this plan because it would also separate russia from Europe and give us in Ukraine as well as Baltics a great defensible threshold.
In the same vein, does the Kiel canal mean the Denmark is an archipelago instead of a peninsula + islands?
And the Panama canal is when America became two continents? :D
This plan would cost trillions, benefit no one and have devastating consequences for millions of people.
Oh so another ai company then
America is also the same landmass. Just has some water inbetween.
In 1999, the warty comb jelly colonized the Caspian Sea via the UDWS. The establishment of this population led to a 60% reduction in the number of sprat, which in turn led to a reduction in the population of sturgeon and seals.
Beautiful ethereal alien ate all the babies :/
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