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What do you mean? My explanation is right there in my post.
Not really. Africa is "South of Europe". And as you can see, the other map has them in a different category, which actually fits, imo.
And who would say they are in Northern Europe? I don't think most people would. They would say Eastern Europe. Especially since they certainly were even more so ( eastern ) before 1990. To me, they are just to the east of Europe's core.
And as you can see, the other map has them in a different category, which actually fits, imo.
Yes, which is exactly my point. I was trying to show you that it's not easy to define Europe in terms of "North/South" or "West/East" because different criteria will lead to different answers. Going by your simplistic definition, the Balkans are South-Europe because they are in the southern part of Europe. However, most people would use a more specific category to classify the Balkan region, namely South-East Europe. This is what the other map showed, and this is exactly what I said as well ("I would classify the Balkans as South-Eastern Europe btw."). However, strictly along North/South lines, the Balkans would fall in the "South" category.
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And who would say they are in Northern Europe? I don't think most people would. They would say Eastern Europe. Especially since they certainly were even more so ( eastern ) before 1990. To me, they are just to the east of Europe's core.
Again, it depends on the type of classification that is used. If Europe is simply divided into "West" and "East", then the Baltic states would indeed be considered East-European. However, if you'd use more specific categories (North, South, West, East) then the Baltic states are typically considered "North-European" along with the Nordic countries. This isn't just due to geographical location but due to the cultural connection (mainly to Finland) as well. I didn't say it was wrong to classify the Baltics as East-European, I just said I could understand why they would choose North-European instead. It makes sense if you look into it. Read Erasure's post on the previous page as well, he seems to agree with me that the Baltics are more Northern than Eastern (and he is Russian so he should know ).
eastern europe begins where german and italian language stop. If they speak hungarian or a slavic language, you're in eastern europe. The line would follow the eastern border of finland, germany, austria, italy.
And Serbia uses both Cyrillic and Latin; is both Catholic and Orthodox (but the bigger group); has had part of it under Austria. I think it is more Eastern due to the mentality as well??? I often wondered about that as well....
I know Croatia is a largely Catholic country but geographically is it way too far east to be considered central or western.
And what kind of question is this? Poland is right above the Czech Republic. Who would consider Poland Eastern Europe but not the Czech Republic ? I don't think I would. It's either both or none.., imo. Better options would have been "East of Germany" or "East of Poland". They are all to the east of Germany, and Poland has the most eastern border. I would use geography to classify this.. looks like you did not. Otherwise, you would not have chosen those countries. Correct? Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. Because it's in the east.
Don't agree with this definition, though. The Balkan countries isn't what I would call "Southern Europe". And the blue countries between Russia and Poland isn't exactly what I would call "Northern Europe". Also, I would not call the U.K. or Ireland Northern Europe..
I personally would consider Poland to be eastern, and the UK, Ireland, and Germany to be western, along with Italy, Spain, and Portugal. I would define Southern Europe as Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece with obviously a lot of overlap. I would put the former Yugoslavia including Kosovo in Eastern Europe, along with Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary. My definition of Central Europe would include just Austria really and maybe the Czech Republic. Germany can be central or Western, I think Switzerland is more western. Witth the breakup of Czechoslovakia that places the Czech Republic next to Germany and Austria which they have open borders with, but Slovakia is next to Ukraine.
I'm not sure if the Caucasus are really in Europe or the Middle East.
I personally would consider Poland to be eastern, and the UK, Ireland, and Germany to be western, along with Italy, Spain, and Portugal. I would define Southern Europe as Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece with obviously a lot of overlap. I would put the former including Kosovo in Eastern Europe, along with Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary. My definition of Central Europe would include just Austria really and maybe the Czech Republic. Germany can be central or Western, I think Switzerland is more western. Witth the breakup of Czechoslovakia that places the Czech Republic next to Germany and Austria which they have open borders with, but Slovakia is next to Ukraine.
I'm not sure if the Caucasus are really in Europe or the Middle East.
What region would you say the Nordic Countries, the Benelux, Andorra, Gibraltar, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, the Vatican, Malta, Albania, the Baltics, Belarus, Moldova, Cyprus and Western Russia are in?
or do you see them as provinces of other countries such as Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania, Turkey etc.?
I met a Polish girl the other day and she was VERY firm that Poland is not Eastern Europe haha
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