I though author completely ignored us Arabs and denied are existence. Well, I'm glad he doesn't want to invade us other than oil in the east it's all useless deserts, nothing worth fighting for.
Err, Africa was already a Continent. Hell it's the biggest darn Continent really. Continents are more decided by land mass and tectonic plates then "we dug a ditch" If it was pure "land joined up" then Europe and Asia would be the same continent.
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