Eurasie is a continent in the northren pairt o the Yird. Eurasie is made o Europe an Asie, that is on the same tectonic plate an disna hae a sea atween thaim, sae thay are scientifically the ae continent. The wird is made by eikin "Eur" (frae Europe) tae "Asie" for tae mak "Eurasie".
Some geographers says it's aw juist ae continent, acause unalike the Americaes or Africae, Europe an Asie isna sindered by sea. The Auncient Greeks sindered the warld thay kent intae Europe, Asie an Africae. Syne than, fowk haes been speakin aboot Asie an Europe as twa continents sae it is nou a tradietion.
Some ither continents isna evendoun sindered by sea an is jynt thegither by a nairae strip o laund (cryed a isthmus) like North Americae an Sooth Americae. Houaniver, Europe an Asiea isna sindered by sea ava.
Whiles Eurasiea is sindered intae Wast Eurasie an East Eurasie. Wast Eurasie is Europe an the Mid East. Historians whiles adds North Africae tae Wast Eurasie acause the Sahara Desert sinders North Africae frae the ither pairts o Africae an gaun ower the Sahara is juist as haurd as gaun ower a sea.
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(The Pacific Islands arna pairt o onie continent, but whyls thay ar group'd wi Australie as Oceanie) |
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