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Re: Nation names ??
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Originally posted by Endoperez:
Pangaea is the great continent that existed when earth was young, and has then broken to Europe, N&S America etc.
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And the word itself means "spanning/encompassing the globe/world" ie: global. BTW, Pangaea existed in the Mesozoic era, circa 300 to 200 million years ago, when the world was already far past being "young". The Earth itself is FAR older, at ~4.6 billion years.
For more info, check out the following two links: "snapshots" and breakup animation |
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