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[[File:LocationAfricaEurasia.png|thumb|{{leftlegend|#23600F|Old World|outline=white}} ]]<br />
[[File:Ptolemy World Map.jpg|thumb|Map of the "Old World" (the 2nd-century [[Ptolemy world map]] in a 15th-century copy)]]<br />
[[File:T and O map Guntherus Ziner 1472.jpg|thumb|right|This [[T and O map]], from the first [[Printing press|printed]] version of [[Isidore of Seville|Isidore]]'s ''[[Etymologiae]]'' ([[Augsburg]], 1472), identifies the three known continents ([[Asia]], [[Europe]] and [[Africa]]) as respectively populated by descendants of ''Sem'' ([[Shem]]), ''Iafeth'' ([[Japheth]]) and ''Cham'' ([[Ham (son of Noah)|Ham]]).]]<br />
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The "'''Old World'''" ({{Lang-la|Mundus Vetus}}) is a term for [[Afro-Eurasia]] that originated in [[Europe]] {{Circa|1596}}, after Europeans became aware of the existence of the [[Americas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-world?show=2&t=1417643287 |title=Old World |work=[[Merriam-Webster|Merriam-Webster Dictionary]] |access-date=3 December 2014 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402221403/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-world?show=2&t=1417643287 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is used to contrast the continents of [[Africa]], [[Europe]], and [[Asia]], which were previously thought of by their inhabitants as comprising the entire world, with the "[[New World]]", a term for the newly encountered lands of the [[Western Hemisphere]], particularly the Americas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/new%20world |title=New world |work=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |access-date=2 April 2013 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402204654/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
In the context of [[archaeology]] and [[World history (field)|world history]], the term "Old World" includes those parts of the world which were in (indirect) cultural contact from the [[Bronze Age]] onwards, resulting in the parallel development of the early [[civilization]]s, mostly in the [[temperate]] zone between roughly the [[45th parallel north|45th]] and [[25th parallel north|25th]] parallels north, in the area of the [[History of the Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]], including [[North Africa]]. It also included [[Mesopotamia]], [[Iranian plateau|the Persian plateau]], the [[Indian subcontinent]], [[History of China#Ancient China|China]], and parts of [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].<br />
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These regions were connected via the [[Silk Road]] trade route, and they had a pronounced [[Iron Age]] period following the Bronze Age. In cultural terms, the Iron Age was accompanied by the so-called [[Axial Age]], referring to cultural, philosophical and religious developments eventually leading to the emergence of the historical [[Western world|Western]] ([[Hellenistic philosophy|Hellenism]], "[[classics|classical]]"), [[Near Eastern]] ([[Zoroastrian]] and [[Abrahamic]]) and [[Far Eastern]] ([[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Confucianism]], [[Taoism]]) cultural spheres.<br />
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==Other names==<br />
The [[mainland]] of [[Afro-Eurasia]] (excluding [[island]]s or island groups such as the [[British Isles]], [[Japan]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Madagascar]] and the [[Malay Archipelago]]) has been referred to as the ''World Island''. The term may have been coined by Sir [[Halford John Mackinder]] in ''[[The Geographical Pivot of History]]''.<ref>See Francis P. Sempa, [http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_14/sempa_mac2.html "Mackinder's World"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185750/http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_14/sempa_mac2.html |date=3 March 2016 }}. ''American Diplomacy'' (UNC.edu). Retrieved 8 September 2018.</ref><br />
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==See also== <br />
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* [[New World]]<br />
* [[Afro-Eurasia]]<br />
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