Afro-Eurasia
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'''Afro-Eurasia''' (also known as '''Afroeurasia''', and '''Eurafrasia''') is a landmass, occasionally described as a [[supercontinent]], comprising the [[continent]]s of [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [[Europe]].{{cite web |url=https://whfua.history.ucla.edu/eras/era5.php |title=This Big Era and the Three Essential Questions |last= |first= |author= |date= |website=whfua.history.ucla.edu |publisher=University of California, Los Angeles |language= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=For more than five millennia the population of Afroeurasia had grown steadily, forming larger and more complex political units such as the Han Chinese, Persian Achaemenid, and Roman empires.}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wordwebonline.com/en/EURAFRASIA |title=Eurafrasia - WorldWeb dictionary definition |last= |first= |author= |date= |website=WordWeb |publisher= |language= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=}} The terms are [[compound (linguistics)|compound words]] of the names of its constituent parts. Afro-Eurasia has also been called the "[[Old World]]", in contrast to the "[[New World]]" referring to the [[Americas]]. |
'''Afro-Eurasia''' (also known as '''Afroeurasia''', and '''Eurafrasia''') is a landmass, occasionally described as a [[supercontinent]], comprising the [[continent]]s of [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [[Europe]].{{cite web |url=https://whfua.history.ucla.edu/eras/era5.php |title=This Big Era and the Three Essential Questions |last= |first= |author= |date= |website=whfua.history.ucla.edu |publisher=University of California, Los Angeles |language= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=For more than five millennia the population of Afroeurasia had grown steadily, forming larger and more complex political units such as the Han Chinese, Persian Achaemenid, and Roman empires.}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wordwebonline.com/en/EURAFRASIA |title=Eurafrasia - WorldWeb dictionary definition |last= |first= |author= |date= |website=WordWeb |publisher= |language= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=}} The terms are [[compound (linguistics)|compound words]] of the names of its constituent parts. Afro-Eurasia has also been called the "[[Old World]]", in contrast to the "[[New World]]" referring to the [[Americas]] and sometimes [[Oceania]]. |
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Afro-Eurasia encompasses {{cvt|85,135,000|km2|sqmi}}, 57% of the world's land area, and has a population of approximately 6.7 billion people, roughly 86% of the [[world population]]. Together with [[mainland Australia]], they comprise the vast majority of the land in the world's [[Eastern Hemisphere]]. The Afro-Eurasian mainland is the largest and most populous contiguous landmass on [[Earth]]. |
Afro-Eurasia encompasses {{cvt|85,135,000|km2|sqmi}}, 57% of the world's land area, and has a population of approximately 6.7 billion people, roughly 86% of the [[world population]]. Together with [[mainland Australia]], they comprise the vast majority of the land in the world's [[Eastern Hemisphere]]. The Afro-Eurasian mainland is the largest and most populous contiguous landmass on [[Earth]]. |
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