• Farman [any]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Because the greeks beleved the vistula was at some point connected to the deniper and then to the black sea. And i think there is a point where crosing between the 2 of them is posible or at least easier than the crossing at suez. Its not clear because the logs are missing but pytheas probably circumnavegated europe by doing this in one of the expeditions.

    It is also convinient because in classical times east of the vistula is ruled by iranians west of it by germans.

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      1 year ago

      It is also convenient later on because in more modern times it was believed that each “continent” represented a race of humans.

      The concept of continents came from Greece, but it’s not as if every continent that exists was defined by Greece. When the truth was known that the only way to divide Eurasia is by drawing arbitrary lines the whole project could have been dropped. It’s not like we kept literally every idea the Greeks had - have you had the balance of your humors checked by your physician recently?