You ever look at a globe or world map?

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(11-07-2018, 05:55 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I'm constantly surprised at how the picture in my head is different than how it really is.  I always picture Africa like Australia.  sort of away from it all, but technically you could walk from Northern Europe to South Africa.  Why is Australia a continent and Greenland isn't?  Why is Europe even a continent?  When did the middle East get so close to Europe?  You can walk from Germany to China.  Or France to Jerusalem.  In my head it doesn't seem like you should be able to.

The Mongols went from China almost to the border of Germany (Poland).

The Middle East has always been close to Europe. A lot of folks did walk from France to Jerusalem during the Crusades.