Wednesday, June 06, 2007

1285 Continents?

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

One more thing I don't understand. When I was little, we were taught that there were seven continents, of which Europe and Asia were two.

Two? Separate continents?

None of my teachers were ever able to satisfactorily explain that.

(In my opinion, it's just European egocentricity.)
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1 comment:

the queen said...

Close. It appears to be the Greeks who are to blame:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_166a.html