Only racists believe Europe is a continent

[EvilCat Breath]

The same blacks who brought the fractured history of the 1619 project are now demanding fractured geography.

'1619 Project' author's latest theory: Racist to think Europe is a continent

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times writer behind the controversial 1619 Project, has moved on from history to geography with the puzzling

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[Ringel05]

I'm 67, we were taught in geography (elementary school) about the 7 continents........ Europe being one of them..........

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[Lisa558]

I'm 67, we were taught in geography (elementary school) about the 7 continents........ Europe being one of them..........

european continent at DuckDuckGo

Me too. In fact, I was in Istanbul and went down the Bosporus - looking at the continent of Asia to my right and the continent of Europe to my left. So cool!

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

 

[TNHarley]

Despite the cynicism, she is correct. Europe is only considered its own continent because of its culture and history.

 

[bluzman61]

Oh, brother. The madness never ends.

 

[miketx]

I think they should call Europe the United States.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

The same blacks who brought the fractured history of the 1619 project are now demanding fractured geography.

'1619 Project' author's latest theory: Racist to think Europe is a continent

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times writer behind the controversial 1619 Project, has moved on from history to geography with the puzzling

www.washingtonexaminer.com

These are blacks (avg 85 IQ) we are talking about.

 

[Flash]

Obama thinks the US has 57 states and that Hawaii is in Asia.

 

[longly]

I can’t see how it is possibly racist to believe that Europe is a continent, but the fact is it is not. The Greeks made a mistake 2000 years ago when they invented geography. From their perspective, they saw only two continents in the world, Europe and Asia, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the Caspian sea as the dividing lines. They thought the Caspian Sea ran north to the top of the world and was part of the world sea that encircled it and separated Asia from Europe. The Greeks didn’t even recognize Africa as a separate continent; they considered it part of Asia, and they didn’t call it Africa; they called it Libya.

The Greeks and Europeans invented a lot and made some mistakes. Most of the errors were corrected, but the idea of Europe and Asia being two separate continents was never wholly fixed. If you need to see that Europe and Asia are one continent, look at a world map. You can see that there is nothing that separates Europe from Asia. Europe, Asia, and India make up the continent of Eurasia.

 

[Batcat]

Despite the cynicism, she is correct. Europe is only considered its own continent because of its culture and history.

Both Europe and Asia are part of the larger land mass, Eurasia.

Herxtravels.com

What are the reasons why Asia and Europe form two separate continents?

They are both part of one giant piece of land. This land is called Eurasia. Still, Europe and Asia are thought of as separate continents because their peoples’ cultures are so different. Earth is covered with a layer of hard rock.

What divides Europe and Asia continents?​

For most geographers today, the dividing line between Europe and Asia runs down the eastern edge of the Ural Mountains (in Russia), then along the Emba River (in Kazakhstan) to the shore of the Caspian Sea.

Is Europe a different continent?​

So, while Europe is certainly a major world region, it is not a continent, nor is Asia for that matter (unless Europe is thought to be a subset of Asia). Europe is a region. Australia and Antarctica are islands. There are only four continents: Africa, Eurasia, North America and South America.

What makes Europe a unique continent?

Europe is the western peninsula of the giant “supercontinent” of Eurasia. Europe’s rich agricultural and industrial diversity has made the continent a center of trade and commerce for centuries. It is centrally located between the two other “Old World” continents, Africa and Asia.

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[longly]

I don't agree with all of Jared Diamond's theories, but I agree with the description of Eurasia as the supercontinent. That huge landmass gave Eurasia significant advantages over all the people of the other continents. They were not superior people; they had much more to work with than others. The advantages of Eurasia did not benefit just the Europeans; it benefited all the peoples of Eurasia. What Europeans gained during age of exploration could have been done by any of the other peoples of the continent, the Arabs, the Indians, or the Chinese. It was just luck that the Europeans did it and dominated the world for 500 years.

What's interesting, and most people don't know this is that the Chinese almost did it. At about the same time, Europeans were exploring the world in the west the Chinese were exploring from the east. The Chinese had made it as far as East Africa and had trading colonies on the shores of Africa, but then the emperor that sponsored the program died, and the next emperor canceled it and called all the Chinese back to China. If that had not happened, the history of the world could have been entirely different, and it would have been the Chinese who had vast empires in Africa.

 

[Turtlesoup]

I don't agree with all of Jared Diamond's theories, but I agree with the description of Eurasia as the supercontinent. That huge landmass gave Eurasia significant advantages over all the people of the other continents. They were not superior people; they had much more to work with than others. The advantages of Eurasia did not benefit just the Europeans; it benefited all the peoples of Eurasia. What Europeans gained during age of exploration could have been done by any of the other peoples of the continent, the Arabs, the Indians, or the Chinese. It was just luck that the Europeans did it and dominated the world for 500 years.

What's interesting, and most people don't know this is that the Chinese almost did it. At about the same time, Europeans were exploring the world in the west the Chinese were exploring from the east. The Chinese had made it as far as East Africa and had trading colonies on the shores of Africa, but then the emperor that sponsored the program died, and the next emperor canceled it and called all the Chinese back to China. If that had not happened, the history of the world could have been entirely different, and it would have been the Chinese who had vast empires in Africa.

No, they couldn't or they would have. It was a cultural thing and iq thing----a burning need for new knowledge not just simple greed that motivated them mixed in with an ability to invent new technology that allowed it. Not to mention the work involved in it.