• rnercle@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      This is a classical oriented map. As in “the orient (the east) is up”.

      are you sure about that?

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      • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        OK, so my history teacher was an even bigger idiot than I thought, because she taught us about Constantinople being in the Asian part of modern day Turkey.

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          As a matter of technicality, it is. As Constantinople has neighborhoods on both sides of the strait, it’s considered both European and Asian. A city of two continents.