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.

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AI-generated illustration of Old World

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Old World (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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Old World canonical 16
Old World versus New World 1
Old World vs. New World 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical-geographical term ⓘ
associatedWith Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

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 ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

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 ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes

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 ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Eurasia

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cactaceae → introducedTo → Old World ⓘ
New World → relatedConcept → Old World ⓘ
Nuevo Mundo → contrastsWith → Old World ⓘ
Nuevo Mundo → opposedConcept → Old World ⓘ
Ratufa → nativeTo → Old World ⓘ
Mare Internum → region → Old World ⓘ
Jaredites → originatedFrom → Old World ⓘ
Lord Warburton → associatedTheme → Old World versus New World ⓘ
linked to: Old World
Fertile Crescent → partOf → Old World ⓘ
Withania → nativeTo → Old World ⓘ
Salvia → nativeTo → Old World ⓘ
Analcipus → region → Old World ⓘ
Timalia → geographicDistribution → Old World ⓘ
Aegypius → distribution → Old World ⓘ
Touchett → hasThemeAssociation → Old World vs. New World ⓘ
linked to: Old World
Stachyuraceae → distribution → Old World ⓘ