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Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia, with North Africa and the Horn of Africa visible
Eurasia, with North Africa and the Horn of Africa visible
African-Eurasian aspect of Earth
African-Eurasian aspect of Earth

Eurasia is a large landmass covering roughly 53,990,000 km² which is 10. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan The Horn of Africa (alternatively Northeast Africa, and sometimes Somali Peninsula; shortened to HOA) is a Peninsula in East Africa The Blue Marble is a famous Photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at Not to be confused with Land mass. A landmass is a large continuous area of land. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6% of the surface of the Earth and 36. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 2% of its total land area. Sometimes considered a single continent, Eurasia comprises the geo-political areas of Europe and Asia, concepts which date back to classical antiquity with somewhat arbitrary borders. A continent is one of several large Landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by Convention rather than any strict criteria with seven regions Geopolitics is the study that analyzes Geography, History and Social science with reference to Spatial politics and patterns at various scales Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural History centered on the Mediterranean Eurasia, in turn, is part of the yet larger landmass of Afro-Eurasia, as Eurasia is joined to Africa at the Isthmus of Suez. Afro-Eurasia or less commonly Afrasia or Eurafrasia Normally it is divided at the Suez Canal into Eurasia and Africa the former of which can be subdivided

Eurasia has over 4. 6 billion people, more than 69% of the world's human population. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology

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History and culture

Jared Diamond, in his book Guns, Germs and Steel, credits Eurasia's dominance in world history to the east-west extent of Eurasia and its climate zones, and the availability of Eurasian animals and plants suitable for domestication. TemplateInfobox writer --> Jared Mason Diamond (b 10 September, 1937) is an American Evolutionary biologist Guns Germs and Steel The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA Climate encompasses the temperatures humidity rainfall atmospheric particle count and numerous other meteorogical factors in a given region over long periods of Domestication (from Latin domesticus) refers to the process whereby a Population of Animals He includes North Africa in his definition of Eurasia. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan

The Silk Road symbolizes trade and cultural exchange linking Eurasian cultures through history and has been an increasingly popular topic. The Silk Road, or Silk Routes, are an extensive interconnected network of Trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East South and Western Asia with the Over recent decades the idea of a greater Eurasian history has developed with the aim of investigating the genetic, cultural and linguistic relationships between European and Asian cultures of antiquity. The history of Eurasia is the collective history of several distinct peripheral coastal regions the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields These had long been considered distinct.

Geology

Main article: Laurasia

Eurasia formed 325 to 375 million years ago. Laurasia (lɔˈreɪʃiə lɔˈreɪʒə was a Supercontinent that most recently existed as a part of the split of the Pangaean supercontinent in the late Mesozoic It formed when Siberia (once an independent continent), Kazakhstania, and Baltica (which was joined to Laurentia (now North America) to form Euramerica) joined. Siberia is the Craton located in the heart of the region of Siberia. Kazakhstania, also known as the Kazakhstan Block, is a small continental region in the interior of Asia. Baltica redirects here For the Russian beer, see Baltika Breweries Baltica is a name applied by geologists to a late- Proterozoic, Laurentia (also known as the North American craton) like all Craton land was created as continents moved about the surface of the Earth Euramerica (also known as Laurussia or Old Red Continent) was a minor Supercontinent created in the Devonian as the result of a collision between Chinese cratons collided with Siberia's southern coast.

Use of term

In modern usage, the term Eurasian may also refer to a person of both European and Asian parentage, especially in 'New World' countries such as the United States and Australia. The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth specifically the Americas and Australia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres, Eurasia is considered a supercontinent, part of the supercontinent of Afro-Eurasia or simply a continent in its own right. Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Northern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is North of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' In Geology, a supercontinent is a Landmass comprising more than one Continental core or Craton. In Geology, a supercontinent is a Landmass comprising more than one Continental core or Craton. Afro-Eurasia or less commonly Afrasia or Eurafrasia Normally it is divided at the Suez Canal into Eurasia and Africa the former of which can be subdivided In plate tectonics, the Eurasian Plate includes Europe and most of Asia but not the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula or the area of the Russian Far East east of the Chersky Range. Plate tectonics (from Greek τέκτων tektōn "builder" or "mason" describes the large scale motions of Earth 's Lithosphere The Eurasian Plate is a Tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional Continents of Europe This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia. The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) Russian Far East (Да́льний Восто́к Росси́и ˈdalʲnʲɪj vʌˈstok rʌˈsʲiɪ is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i The Chersky Range is a chain of Mountains in northeastern Siberia. Eurasia is also sometimes used in geopolitics as a neutral way to refer to organizations of or affairs concerning the post-Soviet states, in particular Russia, the Central Asian republics, and the Transcaucasian republics. Geopolitics is the study that analyzes Geography, History and Social science with reference to Spatial politics and patterns at various scales The post-Soviet states, also commonly known as former Soviet republics, are the 15 independent nations that split off from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south The South Caucasus is a mountainous geopolitical area of south-central Eurasia, also referred to as Transcaucasia, or The Transcaucasus.

In ancient times the Greeks who gave Europe its name believed Europe and Asia to be separate continents. Where to draw the dividing line between the two continents is still a matter of discussion. Especially whether the Kuma-Manych Depression or the Caucasus Mountains form the south-east boundary is disputed, since the Mount Elbrus would be part of Europe in the latter case, making it (and not the Mont Blanc) Europe's highest mountain. The Kuma-Manych Depression (Кумо-Манычская впадина Kumo-Manychskaya vpadina is a Geological depression in southwestern Russia that separates This article is about the terrestrial Eurasian mountain range Mount Elbrus (Эльбрус is a Mountain located in the western Caucasus Mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia Mont Blanc Massif The Mont Blanc ( French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco ( Italian 'White Mountain' also Most accepted is probably the boundary as defined by Philip Johan von Strahlenberg in the 18th century. Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676 — 1747 was a Swedish officer and Geographer of German origin who made important contributions to the cartography He defined the dividing line along the Aegean Sea, Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus, Black Sea, Kuma-Manych Depression, Caspian Sea, Ural River, and Ural Mountains. Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. See also [[Hellespont]] The Dardanelles ( Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı Greek: Δαρδανέλλια Dardanellia) formerly The Sea of Marmara ( Turkish: Marmara Denizi, Greek: Θάλασσα του Μαρμαρά or Προποντίς, Bulgarian The Bosporus or Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait, (İstanbul Boğazı (Βόσπορος is a Strait that forms the boundary between the The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey The Kuma-Manych Depression (Кумо-Манычская впадина Kumo-Manychskaya vpadina is a Geological depression in southwestern Russia that separates The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged Sea. The Ural (Урал Kazakh: Жайық, Jayıq or Zhayyq) known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Riphean redirects here For the time period see Riphean stage The Ural Mountains (Ура́льские го́ры Uralskiye This distinction between Europe and Asia has spread to the rest of the world, even though Asia contains multiple regions and cultures as large and populous as Europe, and as different and geographically separated from each other as they are from Europe. A subregion is a conceptual unit which derives from a larger Region or Continent and is usually based on location

Use in fiction

Eurasia is a fictional country, state or supranational entity appearing in several works of fantasy, literature and science fiction, including books, movies, television series and video games:

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The Eurasian Economic Community ( EurAsEC or EAEC or EEC) was put into motion on 10 October 2000 when Belarus, Neo-Eurasianism (неоевразийство is a Russian school of thought popularized in Russia during the years leading up to and following the collapse of the Soviet Union Afro-Eurasia or less commonly Afrasia or Eurafrasia Normally it is divided at the Suez Canal into Eurasia and Africa the former of which can be subdivided OSCE countries table with statistics and regional blocs

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Eurasia

-proper noun

  1. The largest landmass on Earth, consisting of Europe and Asia.
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