Old World
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old World canonical | 10 |
| Old World versus New World | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical-geographical term ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Age of Exploration
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
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 routes ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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 (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old World versus New World