Old World

E45661

historical-geographical term

Old World is a historical-geographical term referring to Africa, Europe, and Asia, the parts of the world known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical-geographical term →
associatedWith	Age of Discovery → European exploration →
contrastedWith	New World →
culturalAssociation	Eurasian and African civilizations →
excludesContinent	Australia → North America → South America →
excludesRegion	Antarctica → Oceania →
geographicalScope	Afro-Eurasia →
hasBiogeographicalFeature	distinct flora and fauna from New World →
hasCharacteristic	densely interconnected trade networks → long-established civilizations → shared Old World diseases →
hasDemographicFeature	origin of many major human populations →
hasEconomicHistory	interconnected Old World trade routes →
hasSubregion	East Asia → Eastern Europe → Indian subcontinent → Mediterranean Basin → Middle East → North Africa → Sub-Saharan Africa → Western Europe →
historicalContext	pre-Columbian world known to Europeans →
historicalUsageBy	European scholars →
includesContinent	Africa → Asia → Europe →
includesTradeRoute	Indian Ocean trade network → Silk Road → Trans-Saharan trade routes →
knownTo	Europeans before the discovery of the Americas →
linguisticUsage	English historical geography →
opposedConcept	New World →
refersTo	Africa → Asia → Europe →
relatedConcept	Afro-Eurasia landmass → Eastern Hemisphere →
termAppliesTo	regions known to Europeans in antiquity and the Middle Ages →
timeReference	before European discovery of the Americas →
usedInDiscipline	anthropology → archaeology → geography → history →
usedToDistinguish	pre-Columbian known world from newly discovered Americas →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cactaceae →	introducedTo
New World →	relatedConcept