Remarkable that people lived, worked, played & died on what was once an expanse of land as big as 9000 square miles, that is now under the North sea.

The shallowest part of the North Sea over Doggerland is as shallow as 43 feet according to Google.

I have watched several YouTube videos on it.

One of the videos spoke about how there were plans to cut off the northern part, an area between us and France, to stop the sea from claiming it. Therefore, they could return parts back to land and restore some security of global sea levels to those areas. Much like how the Dutch have done in creating the Netherlands.

i wonder if another country would have formed or if it would have been split between us and the netherlends/belgium? interesting article and video.

23 hours ago, liampie said:

i wonder if another country would have formed or if it would have been split between us and the netherlends/belgium? interesting article and video.

If Doggerland were still somehow above water, our entire history would have been different. We'd quite possibly be writing this in a different language. It's fascinating how much we are influenced by geography.

It’s fascinating that artifacts were found by fishermen going about their work. If the land were restored and the water levels lowered, it could cover a huge area, but where would the sea be displaced to? I still think Doggerland could have had a better name.

1 hour ago, DangerousSausage said:

If Doggerland were still somehow above water, our entire history would have been different. We'd quite possibly be writing this in a different language. It's fascinating how much we are influenced by geography.

probably german, as our shore lines played a big part in keeping hitler away from us and only attacking by air.

There must be some fascinating archaeology there that's all but impossible to obtain too.

11 hours ago, liampie said:

probably german, as our shore lines played a big part in keeping hitler away from us and only attacking by air.

True, having a land border would have made us much more vulnerable to the Nazis. But I was thinking further back than that. Would the Celts and the Anglo-Saxons still have come? Maybe the Britons would have ended up in France rather than Wales and Scotland, making France more Celtic? Maybe Charlemange's empire would have spread into Britain around the year 800? And if it had, would they have deterred the Vikings or would the Vikings have been more successful? Later on, perhaps England (if it even existed) would have expanded south or France north?

As perfect agricultural land in a temperate region ideally positioned to benefit from the Enlightenment, maybe Doggerland would have become an empire in its own right. It could have developed its own language and culture and been antagonistic towards Britain, spreading west. Maybe it could have started a world war. Or it could have been an extension to the Netherlands, strengthening that country's empire and making it Britain's chief rival.

It's amazing how much a tsunami off the coast of Norway could have influenced geopolitics!

Early Europeans were thought to have settled in the Doggerland area. It was mentioned at school that if the area were more accessible, it could reveal more about early humans.