The Super-continent of Pangaea in 2050
- Europe
- America (North and South)
- Asia
- Australia
- Africa
- Antarctica
They all begin and end with the same letter.
In America we are taught that there are 7 continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America while in Europe and other parts of the world students are taught that there are six continents where North and South America are combined to form a single continent of America. This is why one will often hear Europeans complaining that citizens of the United States are rather arrogant to call themselves Americans while excluding Canadians, Mexicans, Central and South Americans from the description.
Of course Europeans don't mind it that the term "the Continent" refers to mainland Europe excluding the British Isles, as if Europe is the one and only important continent.
Interestingly, in Germany, "Continental" refers to the European continent excluding the Scandinavian peninsula, Britain, Ireland and Iceland [Wiki].
If both Americas and both Europe and Asia are considered as one land mass then there are only 5 continents: Africa, Antarctica, Australia, America, and Eurasia.
But if continents are landmasses separated by water then by looking at the map above we may conclude that there are in fact only four continents: America, Antarctica, Afro-Eurasia, and Australia.
However, if things do not drastically change in America and Europe, by 2050, there will only be one land mass: dar al-Islam and only one political and religious system: Islam [Planck's Constant].
You were probably wondering what point I was going to make blogging about continents, eh?
