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BapsBongos t1_iz4p8m2 wrote

Well… Europe is literally just a peninsula off Asia that wanted their own special name.

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aoechamp t1_iz59iq8 wrote

Most of the continents have their own tectonic plates so I had to check, but Europe really doesn’t!

I guess that’s why they used to call it Eurasia

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KottjornGoad OP t1_izbg0oz wrote

Europe and Asia are technically one single continent (Eurasia). People only separate them because of ethnic, linguistic, and cultural reasons.

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