Muslims discovered America before Columbus, says Erdogan

[Avenio]

Turkey, I have no idea what your president is smoking but damn it must be good!

Anyway wasn't Lief Ericsson supposed to have been to America?

Actually it was his Father Eric the Red, since Greenland is America too, but the first to discover the mainland is Leif, aside from off course the natives and the polynesians who may have visited south America and taken potatoes with them

If we're arguing that being part of the North American Plate makes it 'America', then whoever discovered Iceland was the first, since half of Iceland sits on the N'American Plate.

[Lydenburg]

I guess it's not altogether impossible, just highly unlikely.

The Muslim world was highly undercredited for some of their achievements in the realm of exploration. For example, they became the first civilisation to map the east African coast from Egypt to Mozambique proper. Long before Western Europeans had the slightest inkling as to what was south of Sahel.

But if the Muslims are often overlooked for their important contributions to this sphere so are the Vikings and their Norman descendants. To this day few recall that Lief Erikson reached the New World before Columbus, in the same manner we overlook that the Normans established the first sub-Saharan colonies long before Vasco da Gama.

[FutureAmerica]

I'm quite certain that the native american Indians discovered America.
Everyone else has come in a distant second or third.

The more interesting question is did people travel through the interior of Canada or down the Pacific coast?

According to dna evidence, they did both.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas

[FutureAmerica]

Everyone knows that Leif Eriksson discovered the Americas first.

Leif did discover Iceland, but the Inuits got to Greenland first.

[Papait]

Actually it was his Father Eric the Red, since Greenland is America too, but the first to discover the mainland is Leif, aside from off course the natives and the polynesians who may have visited south America and taken potatoes with them

If we're arguing that being part of the North American Plate makes it 'America', then whoever discovered Iceland was the first, since half of Iceland sits on the N'American Plate.

No I'm not talkig about plates, but its like generally accepted that Greenland is part of America, just like Trinidad, Cuba and So on
and just like how Britain, Japan and Ireland are part of Eurasia, Madagaskar is part of Africa, and Timor and New Guinea are part of Australia

[Papait]

Everyone knows that Leif Eriksson discovered the Americas first.

Leif did discover Iceland, but the Inuits got to Greenland first.

Actually the Inuit were later than the Europeans, the Dorset were the original inhabitants, but were driven to extinction by the Inuit between the colonisation in ca. 1000 and the recolonisation about 500 years later

[Lydenburg]

If we're arguing that being part of the North American Plate makes it 'America', then whoever discovered Iceland was the first, since half of Iceland sits on the N'American Plate.

No I'm not talkig about plates, but its like generally accepted that Greenland is part of America, just like Trinidad, Cuba and So on
and just like how Britain, Japan and Ireland are part of Eurasia, Madagaskar is part of Africa, and Timor and New Guinea are part of Australia

Madagascar has been universally accepted as part of Africa. It's when we get to the Seychelles or Mauritius that we aren't so sure any more.

BTW Timor and New Guinea aren't part of the Australian continent.

[Sebastianbourg]

Damnit, Erdogan. Get back to your 100-room palace and snort your cocaine.

Silvio Berlusconi hasn't is yet to arrive for their epic parties.

[Papait]

No I'm not talkig about plates, but its like generally accepted that Greenland is part of America, just like Trinidad, Cuba and So on
and just like how Britain, Japan and Ireland are part of Eurasia, Madagaskar is part of Africa, and Timor and New Guinea are part of Australia

Madagascar has been universally accepted as part of Africa. It's when we get to the Seychelles or Mauritius that we aren't so sure any more.

BTW Timor and New Guinea aren't part of the Australian continent.

I said Madagaskar was part of Africa.
So what IS part of the Australian continent then?

[Scepez]

Madagascar has been universally accepted as part of Africa. It's when we get to the Seychelles or Mauritius that we aren't so sure any more.

BTW Timor and New Guinea aren't part of the Australian continent.

I said Madagaskar was part of Africa.
So what IS part of the Australian continent then?

...Australia?

Well sometimes New Zealand get's thrown in there too.

[Ayreonia]

Sure, we've always been at war with Eastasia.

[Equatoguinea (Ancient)]

I thought the compromise to that debate was to scrap the concept of an Australian continent in favor of an Oceanic continent encompassing Australia and its proximate islands.

[Conscentia]

Madagascar has been universally accepted as part of Africa. It's when we get to the Seychelles or Mauritius that we aren't so sure any more.

BTW Timor and New Guinea aren't part of the Australian continent.

I said Madagaskar was part of Africa.
So what IS part of the Australian continent then?

There is no such thing as the "Australian continent".
The continent is called Oceania or in older texts Australasia (which means Southern Asia).

[Stormaen]

The sign of eccentric populist blooming into full scale tyrant is historical revisionism.

[Scepez]

I said Madagaskar was part of Africa.
So what IS part of the Australian continent then?

There is no such thing as the "Australian continent".
The continent is called Oceania or in older texts Australasia (which means Southern Asia).

Oceania is the region, actually.

[Conscentia]

The sign of eccentric populist blooming into full scale tyrant is historical revisionism.

Because building a palace and suppressing the media wasn't enough of a sign?

[Conscentia]

There is no such thing as the "Australian continent".
The continent is called Oceania or in older texts Australasia (which means Southern Asia).

Oceania is the region, actually.

In Britain, it's also the name of the continent.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Oh Erdy, u so funny.

Seriously, that distinction probably goes to the Vikings.

[Scepez]

Oceania is the region, actually.

In Britain, it's also the name of the continent.

Oh, I see.

This video explains it pretty well I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhe9zTmKVz8

[The Essexe]

What next? Humans originate from Islamabad?

[FutureAmerica]

Leif did discover Iceland, but the Inuits got to Greenland first.

Actually the Inuit were later than the Europeans, the Dorset were the original inhabitants, but were driven to extinction by the Inuit between the colonisation in ca. 1000 and the recolonisation about 500 years later

If Greenland is a part of North America, and Alaska is a part of North America, then the Siberians got to Alaska more than 30,000 years ago. Lief comes in a distant second.

[Conscentia]

Oh Erdy, u so funny.
Seriously, that distinction probably goes to the Vikings.

Probably?
There is no doubt at all that the Vikings made it to North America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows

[Vetalia]

I think he proves the adage "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit."

[Ermarian]

Well, sure there were Muslim settlements in Mexico in 12th century, up until Gandhi nuked them.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I think he proves the adage "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit."

Hey, it worked for Columbus. And that man did write a lot of bullshit about himself.