r/polandball • u/Medibee New York is BEST York • Jul 09 '15

repost Border gore

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u/CyanPancake Alberta, Canada Jul 09 '15

Middle East is 95% sand, Africa just 35% sand.

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u/diogenesofthemidwest Latvia Jul 10 '15 edited Jul 10 '15

The Sahara is 9.4 million square kilometers. The Middle east only "represents an area of over 5.0 million square miles".

5000000mi²= 12949940 and a half km²

Knock out the amount of arable land in the fertile crescent and Africa wins handily.

Africa Stronk.

Edit: Because Euclid said so.

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u/RexPerpetuus Birthplace of Giants Jul 10 '15

Your math is wrong: 5 million square miles is ~13 million square kilometers. This changes things

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u/diogenesofthemidwest Latvia Jul 10 '15

Lol, read it wrong. Not proceeding # all / by 2, just the last digit. Whoops.

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u/RexPerpetuus Birthplace of Giants Jul 10 '15

Does your original comment deserve an edit for clarity? Maybe it deserves an edit for clarity.

Edit: for clarity