How Did The Continents Get Their Names?

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240 million years ago there was one giant mega-continent called Pangaea. Things were simpler then, you could walk from South Africa to Greenland and Switzerland had tropical beaches. But then Pangea broke up and things are complicated. Today we have 7 continents or 5 or if you're really cool 4, it mostly depends on what language you speak and what century it is. Regardless of how many there are, they all have names. But what is an Africa? What does Asia mean? And is Australia a filthy name thief? Well, Let's Find Out.
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“The Berbers.” Journal of the Royal African Society, vol. 2. Geo. Babington Michell.
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[@tylertibbs158]

"then zues layed eyes on her and fell in love" how 90% of greek myths start

[@HaydenPlaysGames]

actually 90% of them start with aphrodite being a dick and shooting him with her arrow, causing him to fall in love, much to his own humiliation.

[@tylertibbs158]

@@HaydenPlaysGames ahh damn, ok so its 90% right

[@micha2909]

"fall in love" is a strange word for "rape".

[@tylertibbs158]

@@micha2909 nah thats step 2 bro

[@Leanzazzy]

@@tylertibbs158 What's step 3?

[@Suldrun45]

I remember being thaught in school a continent called "Oceania", not "Australia"

[@alps3DV]

Same here

[@cowboydoggo6168]

That’s not the continent, that’s the region.

[@irmaosmatos4026]

@@cowboydoggo6168 That's the continent in all romanic languages

[@bradenleonhart5205]

Yeah I have a theory that some one had Chinese whispers. Oceania was originally called Australasia which sounds like Australia so people just called it Australia.

[@cowboydoggo6168]

@@bradenleonhart5205 Those are completely different regions…

[@cloe412]

I asked my Historical Maps professor this question. She couldn’t answer this question and thought my question was stupid. I feel so good that other people wonder about this as well :)

[@violetevergarden5160]

There no dumb questions only dumb answers.

[@DOCTORKHANblog]

She should be fire for that tbh.

[@taiwoash1388]

😆💜

[@manasivaidya1900]

She thought it was "stupid" because she couldn't fathom that there could be a question (related to what she teaches) that she couldn't answer. There are no dumb questions, your teacher just has a lot of pride.

[@MW_Asura]

Why would it be stupid to know something that helps us understand world history lol. Then I guess for her it's also stupid to ask why the countries have the name they have

[@yan_afrukh]

2:28 As a moroccan Amazigh, I can approve that we still use the word "ifri" in it's intended meaning "cave" in Tamazight language. How interesting!

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

that was correct but he got it wrong that ibn kaludn was a bereber

[@CogitoEdu]

Yeah my bad

[@yan_afrukh]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl There is always a room for human error 😅. As far as I know, Ibn Khaldun is a Tunisian with arabic ancestry.

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@yan_afrukh you are correct he can trace his descent all the way back to ymin and his family lived for a long time in al andlus so some Spanish would be there to and he was born in Tunisia so he might be considered partial amazhg

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@ꅏꑀꁲꈜꑀ꒒ ibn kaludn family did not originate from magrib it was from al andlus and before this his family came from ymin

[@puneetmishra4726]

Can we take a moment to appreciate Cogito's animations? They are getting better and better. Absolutely loved those greek styled-ones.

[@Toastedtasty42]

It really is, it's awesome to see this channel grow and get better.

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you. I've been trying to improve them as much as can and I'm glad you're enjoying them

[@brokoblin6284]

Skill share baby!

[@hisownfool1]

@@CogitoEdu Your pronunciation of "Nicaragua" was equally impressive to this Spanish-speaker.

[@CogitoEdu]

I spend large parts of each year in Uruguay so I hope my Spanish pronunciation is decent 😅

[@ltlbuddha]

Australians are called Ausies...If the continent had remained New Holland, they'd be called Hollies...there is a group formed in the 1960's called The Hollies...the common myth is that they were named after Buddy Holly, but the more logical explanation is that the name is a sly reference to Australia's original European name... Man, I am so good at this etymology thing

[@wellthismachinekills3809]

Its a Non cognate, The Hollies where Brits.

[@elmasprode]

I can only say that Buddy Holly rocks

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Australia is not a continent ffs Oceania is

[@foreyfriend145]

misspelled Holley carburator.

[@Roop566]

Fr I’m from Australia

[@alexandercampbell7903]

Australia is more known as Oceania when talking about the continent. Australia refers to the Country, but Oceania refers to both Australia and the Islands in Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

[@jsworpin]

Not true. Oceania is a geopolitical region not a continent. The actual continent is Australia.

[@alexandercampbell7903]

@@jsworpin Yes, technically the Country of Australia is also it's own Continent -- however that would logically imply that New Zealand and all of the South Pacific Islands are not part of a Continent which makes no sense. So Oceania is the Ocean continent that covers 4 regions: Australasia (which includes Papua New Guinea & New Zealand), Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia,

[@jsworpin]

@@alexandercampbell7903 why does it ‘make no sense’ to say the pacific islands are not part of a continent? The other continents make sense for cultural and political reasons, shared borders etc. these then include some islands as belonging to countries in the continent, or part of the tectonic plate. This doesn’t apply to the pacific islands. Why group them with Australia as a ‘continent’. Might as well group them on their own.

[@alexandercampbell7903]

@@jsworpin And why does it not make sense for islands to be part of an Island Continent shared with Australia.? Land is connected via Underwater. For land not to be connected to part of a Continent does not feel whole or correct. Maybe it is irrational, but it does not feel right for Countries not to be part of a Continent; and set adrift as lonely islands my butt-part Friend. Oceania is an Ocean Continent that encompasses 4 regions of the South Pacific; including the continent nation of Australia. Australia is a sub-continent encompassed by the larger ocean continent of Oceania. That is reasonable place to leave this conversation.

[@jsworpin]

@@alexandercampbell7903 “And why does it not make sense for islands to be part of an Island Continent shared with Australia.?” They have nothing uniting them. Not politically, historically or culturally. That’s why it makes no sense. “Land is connected via Underwater.” Obviously, but essential meaningless in this conversation. “For land not to be connected to part of a Continent does not feel whole or correct. Maybe it is irrational, but it does not feel right for Countries not to be part of a Continent; and set adrift as lonely islands my butt-part Friend.” What is it about this magic idea of continent that you feel so strongly about. The whole concept is arbitrary. For example the continent of Europe makes no sense, geographically. “Oceania is an Ocean Continent that encompasses 4 regions of the South Pacific; including the continent nation of Australia. Australia is a sub-continent encompassed by the larger continent of Oceania. That is reasonable place to leave this conversation.” Why not included the pacific islands with Antarctica? That makes as much sense as Australia. We’ll agree to disagree on what is reasonable.

[@hichambahsoun9939]

I always thought that Europe and Asia came from "Ereb" and "Asu" in Assyrian which means "land of the setting sun" and "Land of the rising sun" and that the denomination was propagated by the Phoenician sailors to the Greeks. There's also an interesting interpretation of the Greek myth of Europa saying that it is an allegory of how the Greek civilization integrated the phoenician alphabet, pantheon and other key concepts into their culture.

[@vidong1704]

Hurub in Arabic is sunset.

[@panos475]

erebos in greek means darkness

[@hichambahsoun9939]

@@vidong1704 Ghurub, not Hurub

[@hichambahsoun9939]

@Zenith Arabia come from the Semitic root 3.R.B which means “to nomadize”

[@hichambahsoun9939]

@@panos475 Maybe it shares the same Indo European origin

[@125discipline2]

3 easy steps to get antartica to be called penguinia 1. draw a map of antartica 2. call it penguinia 3. destroy all civilization 4. tell the rest of humanity to call it penguinia because it's funny

[@dOVERanalyst]

@ꅏꑀꁲꈜꑀ꒒ just report it as unwanted commercial spam. Even I've my channel but I'm not bothering everyone like this.

[@oenrn]

There's no need to destroy all civilization, just conquer it. If you're in charge, you make the rules.

[@AlyxAesthetics]

You mean 'tree easy steps

[@justsomeguywithguns159]

"3 easy steps" is it because drawing is hard?

[@elizabethmender]

There's 4 steps listed.....😂 But I like your idea.

[@contra_sandinista]

Didn't expect my little homecountry (Nicaragua) to be mentioned in this video, nice to see we still have some degree of relevance in world history!

[@carlosandleon]

you're more relevant than the Philippines, we tend to be forgotten completely

[@contra_sandinista]

@@carlosandleon You know what, I think you're right unfortunately. I can't say I've heard much about the Philippines in regards to history outside of what I've bothered to look up specifically on the subject.

[@ericktellez7632]

I got bad news buddy, in the US central america is seen as “little Mexico” lol

[@contra_sandinista]

@@ericktellez7632 lol I know, all throughout high-school, whenever someone asked where I'm from and I responded with Nicaragua, their response was "what part of Mexico is that?" basically *every* time, sometimes even from so called Latinos (Americanized ones that don't know anything about their background) 🤦‍♂️

[@Justin.Martyr]

*Are You a Contra or a Sandinista????*

[@NikhileshSurve]

6:30 Oddly enough 'cowface' is an actual surname here in my State of Maharashtra & the word for it in my language Marathi is गायतोंडे & is pronounced as 'gaaytonde' ('gaay' means cow, & 'tonde' is from 'tond' which means face). Now I'm thinking the history of this surname may be as a complement & not ridicule to whomever it was first given as a name. Awesome video, amazing info. History behind America's name is interesting, used to think it's named after some ship that was on that voyage of Columbus.

[@bhupeshgurjar]

Listened this surname,. so, many times. And in bollywood movies also.

[@anoldtimer]

Gay tonde . . . hehe gay

[@NikhileshSurve]

@@anoldtimer Where in my comment you read that word?

[@bhupeshgurjar]

@@anoldtimer ???? Here gay ( ગાય) means cow

[@NikhileshSurve]

@@bhupeshgurjar In Marathi the surname is actually spelled as "Gaitonde" so the word gay isn't even written in it. He's probably some kid coz the comment appears very childish.

[@rishinz]

I like the names Arctic and Antarctic, they very helpfully remind us which of the poles has the polar bears and which one doesn't.

[@felicvik9456]

There's two continents: Afro-Eurasiamerica Antarctica

[@user-ds1ym5qd3v]

Or just one: Afro-Eurasiamerico-Austro-Antarctica

[@kecoter2674]

You mean 'disparated Pangea'?

[@BaderHashmeh]

Oceania: *Am i a joke to you?*

[@angelmiau8445]

Australia

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

You mean Pengunia?

[@blackpearl5834]

8:45 "Ok , So Europe was a mess " Lol, I am dead 😂

[@kartikpoojari7066]

Europe's history in a nutshell

[@winter_silhouette]

@@kartikpoojari7066 *world history

[@n1hondude]

Continents: America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceanis (the 5 rings of the Olympic flag) and Antarctica. Awesome video. :)

[@dennis_duran]

6:38 just for the record, you included Estonian in Indo-European languages, but it is actually Finno-Ugric like Hungarian and Finnish, and this one of the few places in Europe with a different language family including Hungary, Finland, and Basque Country.

[@yourunclebernex4075]

Hungarian is an isolated language

[@LAkadian]

@@yourunclebernex4075 It's certainly unique and has a fascinating history, but doesn't it still have discernable origins? I've heard a professor of dead languages say that Magyarül is the modern language most similar to ancient Sumerian, which is pretty interesting IMO... But anyway, I know most linguists do categorize it as Finno-Ugric. Seems to me that the best argument for it being a novel language would be that it has roots in much earlier languages and has been influenced so much by other languages "Hun", but if that's the standard, then every language in the world has to get its own language tree, right? So... Like, at what point do you call it a new language tree? I'd concede that it's pretty darn close to being that though. So I guess I'm slightly disagreeing with you but I think I know why you feel that way and am open to hearing you elaborate it you want to. Either way, jó estét kivanok. If you get bored and feel like debating this further I'll be around. Cheers.

[@Magnetised_]

to be fair, he did leave a gap around Basque country and the country of Hungary (which isn't the same as a distribution of its speakers, but eh.. close enough) Plus, he appears to have left out the area of Dagestan (at least i think) for speaking Northeast Caucasian. He probably just forgot about Estonian

[@oneghost1257]

Much love from an American Basque for remembering us good sir.

[@TheColombiano89]

Persian is Indo-European

[@UnseenJapan]

This was a great video! The animations fit perfectly with the narrative - especially love the use of shadow over as-of-yet "undiscovered" geography to show the limits of contemporary European understanding. Very effective for understanding these name origins, which require grasping the limits of knowledge during each time period. Well done!

[@CogitoEdu]

Thanks! Glad to see it came across like I wanted it too 🙂

[@RenameUranus2Caelus]

This! A thousand times, this. Brilliant.

[@alonsogonzalez7539]

It's also very interesting that on romance Languages we replace Asutralia with Oceania across the board. Are there more language groups with such a big difference in naming conventions?

[@JannPoo]

It's not just that a simple matter of the same continent having different names in different languages. The same Oceania that is recognized as a continent in some places is also recognized as existing by the US and other English speaking countries, and they call it "Oceania" as well. The difference is that according to their convention "Oceania" is not a continent at all, rather it is a geographical region. Instead what they consider a continent is just a small part of Oceania and they call it Australia, even though that "Australia" continent includes more land than the country of the same name (so that leads to the confusion that Australia is both a continent and a country, when they are two distinct entities with the same name).

[@mrszmatan2727]

Not Linguistic, but here we call country Australia simply as Australia and when we talk about continent we usually tend to call it Australia, but on most maps and geographical books it's called Australia and Oceania, meaning that those Islands are counted as subcontinent and two subcontinents of Oceania and of Australia make one Continent. Tho, usually in common use Oceania part is completely skipped.

[@irmaosmatos4026]

Is because Terra Australis was a small continent, and the other isles were just to small to be calle continents, so we put together Polinesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Tasmania and Australia(or Australasia), and BOOM, Oceania.

[@scur5889]

Russian, as an Indo-european language has the same

[@juansebastianraadmeza9405]

In Spanish north and South America are considered one, and to be honest it makes sense, like if north and South America should be different, then they shouldn’t be called north AMERICA and south AMERICA and instead say different names like what Africa, Europe, and Asia did

[@wak69]

Two things I find hilarious: 1) How do you circumnavigate the earth and not see the giant land mass to the south 2) how the old maps in their representation of what is Antarctica is scarily accurate for never having seen it

[@skaniol]

80% of the Southern hemisphere is water. It's not a coincidence that 90% of all people live in the Northern hemisphere, which is "just" 60% water. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current surrounding Antarctica is the longest and strongest ocean current in the world. The winds there are crazy too. There isn't enough land to tame them. When we include the numerous icebergs in the area, you have to understand why sailors avoid that place.

[@angrymokyuu9475]

The Straight of Magellan cuts right through South America. If they saw land south, it would've been Tierra del Fuego, not Antarctica.

[@geografisica]

It’s unbelievable that even in 2021, people from the Old World are still realizing that the word ‘America’ originally belongs to the whole New World and not the United States of America. When I was in China, when I said that I come from “South America” they used to think that I was from “Southern US”. My gosh 🤦‍♂️

[@Persac7]

what

[@FallenLight0]

True. USA turned the name "America" into the name of the country for the rest of the world nowadays instead of the whole continent. Like, the world map that used "America" for the first time called Universalis Cosmographia (1507) referred as America the whole continent and put this name where South America is now, and this happened 269 years BEFORE USA got "america" in its name. So, the whole continent was being called America long before and for much longer. And on Hondius world map (1641) we see "America" written on its North and South part, but it doesn't divide it into two continents as the USA people do. Another weird stuff that USA people do is to say that Colombus discovered their country, but he discovered Bahamas, and the first European that went to USA continental landmass was the spanish Juan Ponce de León that named Florida. So the problem is not only dividing it into 2 continents, but erasing the history and influence of the rest of the Americans (which are the Mexicans, Peruvians, Argentines, Brazilians, Colombians, etc). If you are in Asia and say "I'm going to America" it's annoying that everyone will think that you're going to USA instead of any other country of the America continent. Asia is so big, and USA doesn't divide it into more continents, but to make them more special and unique they wanted to separate themselves from the rest of America.

[@jorgepeterbarton]

I thought Americans (USofAians) started that

[@jorgepeterbarton]

@@FallenLight0 was it not Vikings? Or Native Americans crossing he Boering Straight during the ice age?

[@FallenLight0]

@@jorgepeterbarton Native Americans crossing the Boering Straight crossed there so long ago that they weren't European at that time. Because with this argument we should call all humans Africans since humans came from Africa. And Juan Ponce de Leon was the first one to try an expressive colonization, bringing a lot of people to try to make a base there.

[@alaksandutheexorkizein7634]

"Hey! Come to Brazil!" really made my day 😄 I wonder if the Brazilians know that they've become a meme 😅

[@deinisdesousa2969]

Yes, we know!

[@RafaelSCalsaverini]

We do! 🤣 And now we use this phrase mostly as a joke (although we would be very happy if people took it seriously and just came to Brazil).

[@alaksandutheexorkizein7634]

@@RafaelSCalsaverini hahaha great to hear 😊👍 I'd really like to visit one of these days 🙂

[@diegorodrigues9528]

You underestimate our abillity to learn about memes.

[@deinisdesousa2969]

@@RafaelSCalsaverini I'm just waiting some brazilian guy to kick a gringo's ass while saying "you are going to Brazil". Just for fun and keeping the meme alive

[@RohitPant04]

Summary Notes: • The word Asia originated from the Ancient Greek word Ἀσία, first attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BCE) in reference to Anatolia or to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. It originally was just a name for the east bank of the Aegean Sea, an area known to the Hittites as Assuwa. • Mainly, The name Europe comes from the Latin Europa, which in turn derives from the Greek Εὐρώπη, from εὐρύς eurys "wide" and ὤψ ops "face" (PIE *wer-, "broad" *okw-, "eye"). This is the most common speculation. • Africa - it is derived from the Roman name for a tribe living in the northern reaches of Tunisia, believed to possibly be the Berber people. The Romans variously named these people 'Afri', 'Afer' and 'Ifir'. • America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent. But, it could also be named after a group of mountains with a similar name found in Nicaragua where Columbus is thought to have landed! • The name Australia derives from Latin australis meaning southern, and dates back to 2nd century legends of an "unknown southern land" (that is terra australis incognita). The explorer Matthew Flinders named the land Terra Australis, which was later abbreviated to the current form. • The name Antarctica is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική (antarktiké), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north". Aristotle wrote in his book Meteorology about an Antarctic region in c. 350 BC.

[@TechnoGuys99]

All the names come from 2 countries

[@manggofficial]

In same places Australia also called as "Oceania". Oceania is the feminine of the greek name Oceanus "Ωκεανός". Oceanus(Greek god, father of all rivers) is the son of Uranus and Rhea in greek mythology.

[@lionedas22686]

8:52 I'm berber and we still speak tamazight, the word IFRI (the plural is IFRANE) indeed means: the cave. and Africa is also called IFRIQIA, and this in my opinion, is more accurate.

[@DevinDTV]

i was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this video. pretty information dense, no awful corny jokes, good animation, good research. instantly subscribed

[@someguysomeone3543]

Of what I've heard Asia is still used as a name for girls in Greece(probably) and elsewhere and it means "sunrise", not so sure about Europa and Libya though. Though it is said that Europe may come from a Akkadian word "Erebu" meaning sunset. Which would be kinda cool as both of the continents got the name from eachother in perspective of where the sun was.

[@BigMoney398]

Im from pakistan and I had a class mate name Asia.

[@galbatorix060]

In italy is also used 🤷‍♂️

[@iloveprivacy8167]

I wonder if the meaning of "sunrise" came after the name of the continent? (It's to the East of Greece, after all.)

[@ignacecasteele]

@@iloveprivacy8167 Hey! I major in History and we learned that the Phoenicians (modern-day Libanon) were on the sea and saw the sun go down in the West (Greece) and called it 'Eureb' and they saw the sunrise in the East (Western-Turkey, so they called that 'Asu'. Eureb meaning sunset and Asu meaning sunrise. That's also why the Bosporus in Istanbul is to this day the division between Asia and Europe.

[@MarkosMiller15]

Also still in use in Tunisia, proobably goes back to the days of carthage as well

[@dharmapersona2084]

Modern Europeans think that Indians worshiping Cows is weird but Ancient Europeans probably revered the Cow as sacred animal and used "Cowface" as a compliment!

[@vitaminprotein2217]

Being with cow reduces stress

[@vitaminprotein2217]

In ancient india, arabs, Europeans, American (modern day) used to be tribe, probably some Hinduism spread their, ut then jesus and mohammad came with some different thinking, and converted that tribe by illogical unscientific thoughts is that simple

[@laurentiuvladutmanea3622]

@@vitaminprotein2217 None of this groups lived in ancient India! „and converted that tribe by illogical unscientific thoughts is that simple” There is no diference betwen the level of logic and science in Hinduism, Cristianity and Islam. And Hinduism didnt exist before 2000 BC. Ancient Egiptian and Mesopotamian religions predate it.

[@KiranSingh-zr8jr]

@@laurentiuvladutmanea3622 There is much difference between logic of Hinduism and Monotheistic religions(Islam, Christianity)

[@tw3ist]

No they just think the use of cow dung and urine to cure COVID‐19 in India as weird.

[@jmannysantiago]

Why do so many people refer to Oceania by the name of its largest country? It’s funny how the exact opposite happens in the Américas, where one country insists in using the name of the continent to refer to the country.

[@CogitoEdu]

Oceania by definition isn't a continent. It is the world region that contains Australia and many Pacific islands that don't belong to any continent. A continent is a "continuous stretch of land".

[@davide.schiaffino]

@@CogitoEdu So Japan, England, Iceland, Greenland, Madagascar, Cuba, and Faroe Islands are also not in any continent? I think the whole "1 Landmass=1 Continent" is an example of twisted information, specially because it's anglo-centric and not really objective according to any geographer in the world. This is what I found in my research: "In other continental models, particularly English-speaking ones, Australia is used instead of Oceania, but in this case its definition does not include the Pacific islands. In Portuguese-speaking people the boundary between Asia and Oceania is considered to be the Wallace Line, making East Timor part of Oceania. Others go further and consider that all of Insulindia (Malay Archipelago) is part of Oceania. Conversely, in other models the term Oceania is used to designate the set of all the islands of the Pacific Ocean." We should just refrain from claiming anything as fact for now, it's not Australia, it's not Oceania, the world hans't come to an agreement yet.

[@Wlerin7]

The issue isn't with Oceania vs Australia, but with "continent", and people using that word expecting it to mean the same thing in all languages, when it doesn't. By the English defintion of continent, Australia is a continent, Oceania is a region. Even languages that talk about the "continent" of Oceania still call the main landmass Australia (or the equivalent in their language). >So Japan, England, Iceland, Greenland, Madagascar, Cuba, and Faroe Islands are also not in any continent? Have you never heard the phrase "Continental Europe"?

[@rishi6584]

Hey Cogito, idk if you'll read this but you're videos are amazing and so informative. I started watching due to the Great videos about religions but stayed for the amazing video format, quality and topics. Keep it up !!

[@makotopark7741]

2:52 those murals... ah yes. you have such a great taste

[@davidnotonstinnett]

I’ll endorse Penguinia if the capital city is named Linux

[@user-vi3pi9rf7w]

Well then I shall propose a name too Gentoo.

[@nathanhiggers4606]

District Ubuntu, in Debian province

[@xLollipopx]

I want to live in the universe where America was Vespuccia. Just imagine all the insults and nicknames other countries would give to those from the Vespuccias

[@marialuisaa6778]

I just discovered this channel and I became a subscriber. Like really wow, I get illustrated and amused at the same time, perfect balance going on here!! I absolutely love the animations, Cogito, you sure can teach us some history without it being tedious nor boring! Thank you!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💕

[@nicole-ls4jb]

A well-researched, well-written, and approachable video. Thank you!

[@ejokurirulezz]

Not so well researched is Australia is called a continent.

[@mooeminou]

Not well researched also is the "salt on carthage" claim. This never happened. Historians now agree it is false.

[@jmfn3966]

"America, depending on the language you speak, this is one or two continents." One of the realist things ever stated! I don't think people understand the nuance presented by that statement.

[@subatenome]

People upset with the two continental model are not upset because of this difference in language. They're upset because the word "America" is used to refer to the United States exclusively.

[@AlbertoFolres]

@@subatenome imagine if the name were to be United Kingdom Of Europe and they called themselves Europeans, leaving rest of Europeans without a name to be called. Or the Arab Emirates would be called Asian Emirates instead. As far as my experience, all Asians, Africans and Europeans love to be called like that, so why do you think we Americans won't want the same to simplify our origin as a continent when talking to other people?

[@subatenome]

@@AlbertoFolres I agree. I was just explaining that the two continental model isn't something people have an issue with but rather what you mentioned instead. Languages that use the two continental model often refer to the US as "America" which in my opinion would be wrong.

[@piedrablanca1942]

America is a Supercontinent divided in two, America is the whole landmass in the western hemisphere in any language

[@FallenLight0]

​@@subatenome True. USA turned the name "America" into the name of the country for the rest of the world nowadays instead of the whole continent. Like, the world map that used "America" for the first time called Universalis Cosmographia (1507) referred as America the whole continent and put this name where South America is now, and this happened 269 years BEFORE USA got "america" in its name. So, the whole continent was being called America long before and for much longer. And on Hondius world map (1641) we see "America" written on its North and South part, but it doesn't divide it into two continents as the USA people do. Another weird stuff that USA people do is to say that Colombus discovered their country, but he discovered Bahamas, and the first European that went to USA continental landmass was the spanish Juan Ponce de León that named Florida. So the problem is not only dividing it into 2 continents, but erasing the history and influence of the rest of the Americans (which are the Mexicans, Peruvians, Argentines, Brazilians, Colombians, etc). If you are in Asia and say "I'm going to America" it's annoying that everyone will think that you're going to USA instead of any other country of the America continent. Asia is so big, and USA doesn't divide it into more continents, but to make them more special and unique they wanted to separate themselves from the rest of America.

[@rock3tcatU233]

We got salted so hard that we're still feeling salty. BTW, Ifri is a singular cave. While Ifran means multiple caves.

[@versusmusic16]

This is my first time watching your channel and I immediately subscribed. Such a well detailed explanation and smooth animation! This feels like me hitting a Gold Mine. Keep it up, Cogito! Love your Irish accent!

[@mulhollandkitty]

@versusmusic16 I totally agree with you! I love this video!

[@satyajitroy-ze3gj]

So glad to see your new video. Your animated and visualized story telling made me addicted to this channel. Make much more videos like this.

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jeanniemaycrawford4466]

Bruh, the Australian and Antarctica explanation was amazing, thank you

[@marracute]

What a great video! I really appreciate all the effort that was put into this.

[@coxbrawls5918]

Stopping at :55 . I couldn't help it, but I love your accent. Especially the way you say filthy. ❤❤

[@telgou]

Reporting directly from the land of the Afri :D I am happy that you showed the actual most probable origin of the word, instead of showing the "theory" that it originated from a word that meant "dust"...

[@hamzahammami22]

Tounsi?

[@CrankyPantss]

Very interesting and very well done, as always.

[@nefwaenre]

This will always be absolutely fascinating to me!! Early cartography is one of my favourite things, and so naturally i ended up loving this video!

[@wilbur9416]

Very informative information about naming the continents

[@nhuthuynhminh2603]

The maps animation is super satisfying.

[@harshit2.02]

I like how Antartica's name is not even related but still has no other question from where it came from like Europe or America

[@labrynianrebel]

Antarctica name makes perfect sense, it's opposite of Arctica. The Arctic has bears, the Antarctic does not have bears.

[@miojocomunista]

Mundus Novus is such a badass name to call a continent

[@historyadmiral9461]

Just discovered your channel man. You have interesting content and you and an intriguing execution in your editing and explaining. Thanks for a great start to my morning. Subscribed.

[@rupluspeaks2u]

Cogito, start a petition to rename Antarctica to Penguinia. I will vote for it.

[@daakudaddy5453]

So the Greeks called a small piece of land as Asia, and now Chinese, Indians, Koreans, Afghans, Uzbekis, Thais, Japanese are called called Asians. Wow!

[@mapache-ehcapam]

I wonder, do East Asians call Asia... Asia?

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

Geographically Asians but vastly different from each other from region to region.

[@RR_theproahole]

The term Asian is used for people with mongoloid features, it's not used for people of any specific nationality

[@kunalrao2134]

So Turkey is not in Asia but Asia is in Turkey.

[@errolfellows409]

That was cool. Informative and entertaining. The accent was a grand bonus!

[@eacalvert]

Love this video perfect way to finish my lunch break ❤️

[@MrThe1shu]

Interesting. The more we discover, more confusing it gets. Also, I cannot help but marvel at the awesomeness of ancient Greek and Latin discovers/adventurers.

[@arthas640]

It's pretty amazing how far the Greeks got, they settled as far west as Iberia, Morocco, and possibly even the Canary islands and as far East as India, and they even explored Scandinavia and China. There's also some Evidence they may have sailed around Africa to reach the Indian Ocean or the Red Sea and although unconfirmed there's some evidence of amphora (clay greek pots/jugs) in Brazil. There's also a theory that the Terra Cotta warriors were built using Greek techniques and the famous Chinese Yin-Yang symbol actually appeared in Greece first and there are descriptions in ancient China of what appeared to be hopilites. The Romans built on these trade networks and traded alot with China, India, and roman coins have even been discovered in Japan.

[@andresisrael6523]

Thank you for your hard work to educate 💜 👏

[@thomascrownrg]

Vital information that we had no idea we needed so much! Well done. New subscriber

[@g.gg.g4539]

Always wondered how Africa got its name with so many ethnicities

[@hughtrotman2212]

Oh sweet. I love watching Cogito’s videos

[@janegael]

This was delightful and I immediately subscribed. Your style of presentation is terrific, the animations are fun and your accent is to die for. :-)

[@reseviladik]

thanks COGITO!! MY NEW FAVORITE CHANNEL!!

[@MrZiZoo1]

For " Libya " it used to be the name of all north Africa ( except Egypt) and not only near Egypt!

[@qlmnauyjvewrh1542]

Penguinia sounds absolutely lit It brings respect to the penguins - penguins are wicked (they have a cute waddle) A continent named after an animal... ummm yes please Penguinia just sounds like a fun water park

[@fannyalbi9040]

probably the other way round - the bird is named after the land as usual

[@Princeofvenlo]

Keep it quiet. We don’t want our Arab brothers changing the name of a luxurious water theme park in Abu Dhabi, Yas Island.

[@angelataylor5241]

January 30th of 2022. I just discovered your channel. This is wonderful! Thank you for your awesome content!

[@ValentinaMQuetzal]

Your Indus Valley video was shown to my school and I didn’t regret it

[@aychamp8306]

Your animation is top class fam👏❤

[@PranavGogwekar]

That's a detailed video with indepth research. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@frank327]

Brilliant topic superbly executed. Great video.

[@nishajaihindajain9192]

Hats off to you for this amazing work .

[@AchyutChaudhary]

Fantastic video, truly enjoyed it! As for the next upcoming videos, my Prediction is either: What is ✝Christianity, ⛩Shintoism, 水Confucianism or Baha’i Faith (as you’ve already created videos for ☪Islam, ॐHinduism, ☸️Buddhism, ☬Sikhism, ✡︎Judaism, ☯Taoism, Jainism, and Zoroastrianism). Good Luck :)

[@saraalzataf1589]

This is so cool I’m beyond the moon , I come from modern day Libya and I knew that in old times the whole region was called Libya but I didn’t know that Africa comes from ifri, I’m also Berber (amazigh) and come from a village in Libya called yefren which is the plural of ifrin, the village is said to be named like that because of the caves and a possibility that the people are descendants of bani irfan just like you said 😃😁 now I kind of feel super cool 😂

[@Nooshdog]

Just discovered this channel. Awesome animation and very interesting historical research. Wish I found this channel sooner!

[@hankwilliams150]

Everything about this video is great! And if I didn't know any better I'd swear the narrator was from Newfoundland (although the Irish accent is "tick" enough as it is.) Great job!

[@jaimeg.aguirre5730]

Hello! just wondering, where did you find the painting of Europa of Macedon in minute 5:33 ? it is super rare to find a portrait of her and I'm intrigued. Awesome video!!

[@FuuPerflous]

In Spanish, Australia (continent) is called Oceania, that comes from the spanish word: Océano, that means ocean.

[@manggofficial]

Actually is another name from Greek mythology. Oceania is the feminine of the greek name Oceanus "Ωκεανός". Oceanus(means: father of all rivers) was a Titan and is the son of Uranus and Gaia in greek mythology. Herodotus(Greek Historian) was the first who give the name "ocean" in the sense of a very large sea area.

[@ejokurirulezz]

That's because Australia is not continent and is wrong. It's not just in Spanish, it's to everyone that knows correct geography.

[@dennis771]

No one cares

[@ellidominusser1138]

Your animations ar sick! Very likeable style! Keep it up!

[@jollyfamily9138]

Love it! First vid of yours I've seen, decided to subscribe.

[@CreatorProductionsOriginal]

I love how there is the big American and Afro-Eurasia and then there’s Australia

[@raisyrosye7656]

Every family has a black sheep!

[@Artur_M.]

It was a supper fun video, and I've learned from it more than I expected, particularly from the part about America.

[@411smiths]

So much information. Love it all.

[@b33jal]

That was great fun to watch. Nice video!

[@winter_silhouette]

4:10 ... Zeus was kinda weird. This has to be the biggest understatement ever.

[@DrawnofHistory]

So I totally want to play a video game where the characters are Cogito characters. Just saying.

[@CogitoEdu]

Maybe one were both our character types battle it out 😁

[@teusstolosa5757]

amazing content. I am happy this popped up on my recommendations. New subscriber here yay

[@rupertgarcia]

Dude, your animations are so cute. New sub!

[@Papatoole]

I love these!

[@maryhall1052]

Just wanted to say how much I love and appreciate your videos. I teach history/social studies to 11-13 year olds in Florence, Alabama, USA and your videos have helped me and my students learn so much, especially about world religious and ancient civilizations. I feel like I saw in one of your videos that you take suggestions (if not, apologies), but I'd love to see a video on the illegal United States overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. I'm going over it with my 6th graders tomorrow and reading up on it made me big sad that I was never taught the fine details as a kid to know how truly messed up it was. Thanks so much for all that you do!

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you, I'm really happy to hear the you enjoy the videos and that you find them useful! We've been thinking about doing some videos on Hawaii so thanks for the suggestion, it really helps us to know that people want to see those kinds of videos.

[@unapologeticdarkness]

Ok 0pp

[@MziMnyazi]

I love how you tell your stories. I will definitely copy. Please Share or create a course. ✌🏿

[@commandZee]

Great video! Thanks!!!

[@manggofficial]

Oceania is the feminine of the greek name Oceanus "Ωκεανός". Oceanus(means: the father of all rivers) is the son of Uranus(Sky) and Gaia(Earth) in greek mythology. Herodotus(Greek Historian) was the first who give the name "ocean" in the sense of a very large sea area.

[@davissae]

I like the similarities between the Irish and Jamaican accents like pronouncing “th” as “t”.

[@spencersullivan461]

great video, couldve went farther on it, but that is a critical review. thankyou for what you have given us either way but please do not be afraid of pushing the envelope farther than you belive it can be pushed. good luck frind, much love.

[@CameraLooks]

Great Video. I liked it. Thank you.

[@rossonero99]

That was some segue into the second skillshare promo. Appreciated.

[@benclarke2ky]

That was impressive tbf

[@harshit2.02]

What a co incidence today i was wondering why haven't cogito uploaded his new video yet and at night it came !!

[@khosrowanushirwan7591]

Hi Harshit remember me 😊😀

[@harshit2.02]

@@khosrowanushirwan7591 yup . Abhijit Chavda Viewer :)

[@khosrowanushirwan7591]

@@harshit2.02 So that's how you got to know about that queen right? From Cogito's Tamizh video?

[@chrisscarpa2173]

The fact you dont have over a million subs is just baffling. Your work is fantastic

[@MultiSciGeek]

Hey Cogito! I'm super interested in Greece before the arrival of the Indo-European Greeks, in particular Minoans and the not-so-indigenous Myceneans, linear A and linear B scripts, the Hellene/Pelasgian divide, what the Ancient Greeks knew of their ancestors, Homer, Troy and how it was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann etc. If you could please cover that that would be absolutely amazing! Thoroughly enjoyed this episode! This channel always teaches me something new... like I really like the light rabbit holes we always fall down into, instead of regurgitating big paragraphs of well-known high school knowledge. Like we all know classical Greece, but how the hell did it become what it is? Surely there was a process from those nomadic wheel usin warriors to these amazing city states. What happened to the Hittites and the Luwians? What about the farmers from the near east predating the Yamnaya? For real tho, who the hell were Minoans!??? HOW?? You know what, speaking of Indo-European, why don't you just do an episode on them like you did on the Sami!? That would also be amazing!

[@shaunpcoleman]

I dare you to find a random woman and call her "cow faced". Then tell her it's an ancient Greek compliment. Let me know how it turned out.

[@Primus_075]

Justice for Pengunia Its name was stolen by Australia so its only fair to give them a better more Badass Name

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

you already have Antarctica, so, deal with it.

[@iceleaf2]

Love your amazing work

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you so much 😀