boonhet comments on Chance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Western part is in Europe, east of the Caucasus mountains is Asia. Map is slightly ehh in that regard.

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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Russia west of the Ural mountains is Europe, east is Asia. But the Caucasus mountains are also a border between Europe and Asia.

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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Thus proving the almost total arbitrariness of defining Europe as a "continent" but here we are.

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[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That's how the Romans divided the world thousands of years ago and it stuck.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Yea sorry, it's been over a decade since I last had Geography class lmao

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