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For other uses, see Old World (disambiguation).
The Old World (green) as distinguished from the New World (gray).
The Old World (green) as distinguished from the New World (gray).

The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans in the 15th century before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Afro-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer 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 The term is in distinction from the New World, meaning the Americas and Australasia. 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 Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America Australasia is a Region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring Islands in the Pacific

Although the interiors of Asia and Africa were not well known to Europeans at the time, their existence was known. Oceania and Antarctica are neither definitively Old World nor New World, since the terms "Old World" and "New World" predate their discovery by Europeans.

See also

Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the 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 Eurocentrism is the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective with an implied belief either consciously or subconsciously in the preeminence of European (and 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 Age of Discovery or Age of Exploration was a period from the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century during which Europeans explored The Far East is a term often used by people in the Western world to refer to the countries of East Asia. The synoptic table of the principal old world prehistoric cultures gives a rough picture of the relationships between the various principal cultures of Prehistory

Dictionary

Old World

-proper noun

  1. The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe and the Near East
  2. The known world before the discovery of the Americas

-adjective

  1. Of, or relating to the Old World
  2. pre-Columbian
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