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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Russia west of the Ural mountains is Europe, east is Asia. But the Caucasus mountains are also a border between Europe and Asia.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Thus proving the almost total arbitrariness of defining Europe as a "continent" but here we are.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

That's how the Romans divided the world thousands of years ago and it stuck.