The study investigates how the continental configuration of the early Eocene period, such as a shallow sea between Europe and Asia and closed ocean gateways, affected large-scale atmospheric circulation and heat transport. Using climate model simulations we analyze changes in extratropical storm tracks and atmospheric blockings compared to preindustrial conditions. Our results show that early Eocene land and sea distribution leads to more cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere and fewer in the Southern Hemisphere. These changes also influence how heat is transported from the tropical region towards the polar regions. In the Northern Hemisphere, increased heat transport from cyclones is partly balanced by fewer blocking events. In the Southern Hemisphere decreased heat tranport in the atmosphere is balanced by the heat transport in the ocean. The findings help separate the effects of geography from those of CO₂ in past climate records.