Misplaced Pages

Afro-Eurasia: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 02:05, 2 February 2006 editVaniba12 (talk | contribs)114 editsmNo edit summary← Previous edit Revision as of 23:53, 9 February 2006 edit undo68.75.33.92 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit →
Line 1: Line 1:
] ]
The ] of '''Africa-Eurasia''' (or '''Afro-Eurasia''') is the world's largest land mass and contains around 85% of the human population. It is typically subdivided into the ] ] and ] (which is culturally, but not geographically, divided into ] and ]) by drawing a line at the ]. Historians of the ] school may subdivide it into Eurasia-] and ], based on differing agricultural systems. (See ] for example.) The ] of '''Africa-Eurasia''', or '''Afro-Eurasia''', is the world's largest land mass and contains around 85% of the human population. It is typically subdivided into the ] ] and ] (which is culturally, but not geographically, divided into ] and ]) by drawing a line at the ]. Historians of the ] school may subdivide it into Eurasia-] and ], based on differing agricultural systems. (See ] for example.)
Some geographers and historians have referred to it as '''Eurafrasia''' or '''Afrasia''' (omitting the European ]), although these terms have never come into general use. Sometimes it has also been referred as the '''World Island''', especially in ]. Some geographers and historians have referred to it as '''Eurafrasia''' or '''Afrasia''' (omitting the European ]), although these terms have never come into general use. Sometimes it has also been referred as the '''World Island''', especially in ].

Revision as of 23:53, 9 February 2006

Africa-Eurasia

The supercontinent of Africa-Eurasia, or Afro-Eurasia, is the world's largest land mass and contains around 85% of the human population. It is typically subdivided into the continents Africa and Eurasia (which is culturally, but not geographically, divided into Europe and Asia) by drawing a line at the Suez Canal. Historians of the cultural materialism school may subdivide it into Eurasia-North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, based on differing agricultural systems. (See Guns, Germs, and Steel for example.)

Some geographers and historians have referred to it as Eurafrasia or Afrasia (omitting the European peninsula), although these terms have never come into general use. Sometimes it has also been referred as the World Island, especially in geopolitics.

The Old World includes Africa-Eurasia and its surrounding islands.

Category: