Northern Hemisphere is superior (culture)

[Dombra]

Well, as it has already been pointed out, it's where most people live and where most of the world's landmass is located. Silly thread.

You are not helping your hemisphere in the fight against the stereotype :nono:

[clockwatch]

Of course there are some exceptions. But overall the Northern Hemisphere has made much more contributions and improvements to the human life compared to the southern hemisphere. If it makes you feel better, South Americans were more civilized than Africans and Australians....lol, they were the most savage ones.

lol don't worry, i know that the Incas are an exception, the rest of the Natives in South America were in fact really undeveloped

Ok, then you guys name at least 5 accomplishments Australians and Africans have made that has helped human surviving

just look for any afro-centrist webpage, you will see that everything we have in modern life was invented by Sub Saharan Africans...

[Smaug]

You are not helping your hemisphere in the fight against the stereotype :nono:

There's no stereotype. It's the truth. Since the Northern Hemisphere has always housed most of the human population, it's only natural that it is more expressive. Another thing we should not forget is that most of the people in living in the Southern Hemisphere have "Northern" ancestors. The only pure "Southerners" are pure Amerindians, Africans and Oceanic Aborigials, groups that are not an expressive population.

[Ouistreham]

Since the Northern Hemisphere has always housed most of the human population...

This is not the point.

In the early Mediaeval ages cartographers used to put the East on top of their maps (probably because Christ was born and crucified there).

But at some point a new geographical hierarchy was introduced.

Have you ever reflected on why with modern maps the North is always figured on top and the South at the bottom?

[Ctwentysevenj]

European civilisation is the most superior of all.

[Ctwentysevenj]

Ok, then you guys name at least 5 accomplishments Australians and Africans have made that has helped human surviving

None.

[Smaug]

This is not the point.

In the early Mediaeval ages cartographers used to put the East on top of their maps (probably because Christ was born and crucified there).

But at some point a new geographical hierarchy was introduced.

Have you ever reflected on why with modern maps the North is always figured on top and the South at the bottom?

Because that's the Western Convention: north on top, south at the bottom, and Europe in the upper centre of the map. Eurocentrism my friend. Since basically ALL the modern Southern Hemisphere societies derive from European ones through colonialism, this convention went on. Asian maps put Asian in the centre of the world for example. Asiancentrism.

In addition, we should not forget that actually the concept of "top" and "bottom" are merely human ones, from a scientific point of view it does not exist, it's just the way we guide ourselves throughout the three dimensional space in which we live in. Technically speaking, there's nothing wrong with representig the world like this:



And Australiancentric map!

[Ouistreham]

Eurocentrism my friend.

Yep. Renaissance geographers were not willing to creep on their hands and knees to look at where their home countries were.

[Smaug]

Yep. Renaissance geographers were not willing to creep on their hands and knees to look at where their home countries were.

Indeed, but I was referring more to non-spherical projections, such as the Mercator prejection, in which any political bias becomes very clear.

[Prince Of Macrobia]

We are superior on Rock and Roll.