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Beso 06-04-2022 08:50 PM
Why do they call it the EAST and the WEST.
 
When the world is round.:shrug:

user104658 06-04-2022 09:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 11152690)
When the world is round.:shrug:
Because the world was mapped when Europe was the dominant power, thus the "standard" flattened world map centres on Europe. These days it's more ideological than geographical.


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