Comments by "" (@maciejbala477) on "A Rainforest in Turkey u0026 Iran? | Odd Geography" video.

it's always crazy just how far Vikings have gone in just about any direction in the world. Then again, I feel like a lot of seafaring people have, such as the Polynesians, or e.g. how Berber Corsairs raided as far north as Ireland and Iceland
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how is "Constantinople" an example of it? It was literally called that (well, the Turkish version, Kostantiniyye) rather than Istanbul for most of the time it was controlled by the Turks, the name change is pretty recent. I think you're reading too much into it
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@r.yuksel9774 it was a surface overview. It wasn't much of a deep dive. I think you're reading too much into it through your own biases. If this was a deep dive into the regions' history then I'd get it, but it was really just interesting tidbits
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I mean, to me it was clear it's just a bit of a surface overview. History isn't this channel's specialty, geography is
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@kutukteyiz408 yep, just checked out of curiosity since it seems to be a recurring debate, and Turkey does have semi-arid regions which have certain desert-like characteristics but no deserts
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@Fractured_Unity yeah spot on. Same is true in Europe, you wouldn't usually think of Iran's geography at all, as an average person. I've never once heard it be called a "flat desertland". I think anyone interested enough in its geography would see that there's a lot of mountains. But certainly would still be thought of as arid
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