What are Continents?
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How many continents are there? If you grew up in the English-Speaking world you mightthink that the answer is obvious: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.But not everyone count continents the same way.The usual deffiniton, that they’re large land masses separated from others by oceansis fine, until you actually start to think about it, and then you run into problems.Problems, like, this:Here’s Europe, here’s Asia and you’ll notice the lack of ocean between them. Whythen, are they two different continents?The usual reason for this split is a cultural one: that Europe is so different from Asiathat it’s best to pretend it’s a separate entity.OK... maybe.But if the cultural argument is valid then surely it also applies to India and the middleeast. Now you have nine conti...
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How many continents are there? If you grew up in the English-Speaking world you mightthink that the answer is obvious: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.But not everyone count continents the same way.The usual deffiniton, that they’re large land masses separated from others by oceansis fine, until you actually start to think about it, and then you run into problems.Problems, like, this:Here’s Europe, here’s Asia and you’ll notice the lack of ocean between them. Whythen, are they two different continents?The usual reason for this split is a cultural one: that Europe is so different from Asiathat it’s best to pretend it’s a separate entity.OK... maybe.But if the cultural argument is valid then surely it also applies to India and the middleeast. Now you have nine conti...
