Why is North up?

The first 100 people to use code MAPMEN at the link below will get 60% off of Incogni: https://incogni.com/mapmen Why is north up? Has north always been up? What used to be up before north was up? Does it matter if a direction other than north is up? And have you ever been on a year five geography trip where you got lost in the woods and wet yourself in front of Mr. Dugdale? BUY MAP MEN MUGS, T-SHIRTS, POSTERS ETC... http://www.mapmenmerch.com SEE NEW EPISODES EARLY, AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES EXTRAS... http://www.patreon.com/jayforeman Written and presented by JAY FOREMAN https://www.twitter.com/jayforeman MARK COOPER-JONES https://www.twitter.com/markcooperjones Director/DOP JADE NAGI https://www.twitter.com/jade_nagi Edited by JAY FOREMAN Runner ABBY TIMMS Additional camera JOE MURPHY VFX CHRIS WALKER https://www.artstation.com/zangrethordigital Maps of Africa NIKOLAJ JESPER CYON https://www.cyon.se Upside down UK maps ALASDAIR RAE https://www.twitter.com/undertheraedar https://www.youtube.com/@automaticknowledge Chinese read by YINGRUI WANG Master of the Feast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400019 Artist: http://incompetech.com/