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minus-squareHarvey656@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 days agoWait when was Russia part of Europe.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·4 days agosince 80% of its population was in the european side
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·4 days agoWestern part is in Europe, east of the Caucasus mountains is Asia. Map is slightly ehh in that regard.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoI think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoYea sorry, it’s been over a decade since I last had Geography class lmao
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days 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-up2·4 days agoThus proving the almost total arbitrariness of defining Europe as a “continent” but here we are.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThat’s how the Romans divided the world thousands of years ago and it stuck.
Wait when was Russia part of Europe.
since 80% of its population was in the european side
Ive been lied to my whole life!
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?
Yea sorry, it’s been over a decade since I last had Geography class lmao
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.