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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:18 PM Jun 2013

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Pangea (a supercontinent that formed roughly 300 million years ago) mapped with contemporary geopoli

Full size version of the map here: http://bit.ly/12nCIsy

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Pangea (a supercontinent that formed roughly 300 million years ago) mapped with contemporary geopoli (Original Post) Playinghardball Jun 2013 OP

The Irish would be really pissed off treestar Jun 2013 #1

Yes, Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #2

The economies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania treestar Jun 2013 #3

Indeed Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #5

Israel is really surrounded more closely by enemies now treestar Jun 2013 #7

Wild in a good way nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #4

jeez, those Spaniards would get cold arely staircase Jun 2013 #6

Question. What is on the other side of the earth? Or is this Thomas Friedman's flat world? madinmaryland Jun 2013 #8

Ocean booley Jun 2013 #9

But that doesn't make sense. The earth rotates on axis which should spread mass out evenly when cool KittyWampus Jun 2013 #17

I've seen this before and it makes a whole lotta sense. Our geopolitics would be a nightmare. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #10

is there a map which shows the change in this land with the evolution/extinction of life ? JI7 Jun 2013 #11

And Get This... Liberal_Dog Jun 2013 #12

LOL! PD Turk Jun 2013 #13

I don't understand how India and Tibet are down the coast of Africa, and Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #14

... Fumesucker Jun 2013 #15

A singular land mass > what's on the other side of globe? Fitting pieces together leaves a huge KittyWampus Jun 2013 #16

Very cool etherealtruth Jun 2013 #18

treestar

(82,383 posts)

1. The Irish would be really pissed off

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:21 PM

Jun 2013

I mean, really, really mad!!!!!!

Brazil loses all beaches and Chile prospers getting all that lost beach tourism.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. Yes,

Reply to treestar (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:50 PM

Jun 2013

but the commute from NYC to Morocco is dramatically shorter.

treestar

(82,383 posts)

3. The economies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:52 PM

Jun 2013

are going to get a lot bigger.

If I lived in Labrador, I'd watch out. Time to learn Portuguese!

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

5. Indeed

Reply to treestar (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:56 PM

Jun 2013

and it appears that Iran has something of a split personality in this map, but lots of beachfront!

treestar

(82,383 posts)

7. Israel is really surrounded more closely by enemies now

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:57 PM

Jun 2013

But Iran seems much further away.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

4. Wild in a good way

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:56 PM

Jun 2013

That interior desert...ooohhh boy

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)

6. jeez, those Spaniards would get cold

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:56 PM

Jun 2013

cool post.

madinmaryland

(65,749 posts)

8. Question. What is on the other side of the earth? Or is this Thomas Friedman's flat world?

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 07:32 PM

Jun 2013

Or was the world just lopsided!

booley

(3,855 posts)

9. Ocean

Reply to madinmaryland (Reply #8)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 07:37 PM

Jun 2013

Pangea was when all the continents were joined into one.

There may have been islands but pretty much the majority of the land was all on one side of the earth

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)

17. But that doesn't make sense. The earth rotates on axis which should spread mass out evenly when cool

Reply to booley (Reply #9)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 09:00 PM

Jun 2013

cooling.

One suggestion I might posit for the similar outlines is that energy/water flowing between continents cause complementary contours.

Just thinking out loud. Please don't get angry with me. Not trying to argue.

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

10. I've seen this before and it makes a whole lotta sense. Our geopolitics would be a nightmare.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 07:41 PM

Jun 2013

JI7

(93,766 posts)

11. is there a map which shows the change in this land with the evolution/extinction of life ?

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 07:52 PM

Jun 2013

Liberal_Dog

(11,075 posts)

12. And Get This...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 08:04 PM

Jun 2013

Pangea II is supposed to come together in about 250 million years.

PD Turk

(1,289 posts)

13. LOL!

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 08:09 PM

Jun 2013

We'd be reading about "The Cuban Rock Throwing Crisis" in history books.

Sheldon Cooper

(3,724 posts)

14. I don't understand how India and Tibet are down the coast of Africa, and

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 08:38 PM

Jun 2013

not up by China and SE Asia.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

15. ...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 08:48 PM

Jun 2013

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)

16. A singular land mass > what's on the other side of globe? Fitting pieces together leaves a huge

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 08:57 PM

Jun 2013

gap.

I hope that isn't a stupid question.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

18. Very cool

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 09:01 PM

Jun 2013

I love I Fucking love Science

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