How would the world's continents be divided and named if the world is culturally dominated by people of non-European origins?
There is a CGPGrey video on the precariousness of continents, pointing out that Europe and Asia separates while the Americas combines all because of cultural preferences other than any valid geographical justifications.
And I've long been convinced that "Asia" is the most meaningless of all geographical concepts, it's basically Eurasia minus Europe.
It makes me wonder, if the world is dominated by, say, people from Indian Subcontinent, how would the "dvipa"s be drawn? Well, the Jambudvipa would be on its own, and "Eurasia minus Jambudvipa" gets its own name?
How about an Islamic-dominated world? Would West Asia and North Africa be counted as one continent?
There is a CGPGrey video on the precariousness of continents, pointing out that Europe and Asia separates while the Americas combines all because of cultural preferences other than any valid geographical justifications.
And I've long been convinced that "Asia" is the most meaningless of all geographical concepts, it's basically Eurasia minus Europe.
It makes me wonder, if the world is dominated by, say, people from Indian Subcontinent, how would the "dvipa"s be drawn? Well, the Jambudvipa would be on its own, and "Eurasia minus Jambudvipa" gets its own name?
How about an Islamic-dominated world? Would West Asia and North Africa be counted as one continent?