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The United Ecoregions of America (media.piefed.world)

submitted 5 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What is Deseret? turns out it is not a misspelling of desert on the map.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Mormon's fantasy empire.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I looked it up and started to read about it but decided to has better things to do with my time than finish the article.

[–] PaulDrye 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It was the name the original Mormon settlers in Utah gave to the area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Deseret

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

Iirc Joeseph Smith claimed that was an ancient "Jaredite" word for honeybee.

The "Jaredites" were an imaginary people from Mesopotamia who left after the collapse of the tower of Babel in sealed boats and ended up in the good ol US of A.

Obviously there is no achaeological evidence for this group of people because Joeseph Smith made them up for his ~~cult~~ fanfic

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

Yup, I linked it in my reply.