Africa-Eurasia
Eurasiafrica, Eufrasia, Eurafrasia, Eurasica, Africa-Eurasia, or Afro-Eurasia are terms used to describe Eurasia and Africa as one continent. The constituent landmasses contain around 85% of the world population (around 5.7 billion people).[1]
Normally, Eurasia and Africa are divided at the Suez Canal. Eurasia is further subdivided (although more culturally than geologically) into Europe and Asia.
Some academics have referred to it as Eurafrasia or Afrasia[2] and some as Asiafrica (omitting the European peninsula from the name), although these terms have never come into general use. In geopolitics, the mainland of Eurasia-Africa (excluding islands such as Britain, Ireland, Japan, and Madagascar) has been referred to as the World Island.[3]
The Old World includes Eurasia-Africa and its surrounding islands:
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In geological terms, Africa-Eurasia will be a supercontinent when Africa collides with Europe. This is estimated to happen over 600,000 years from now, when the southern tip of Spain reaches Africa. When this happens, the Mediterranean Sea will be isolated from the Atlantic Ocean. Africa is expected to collide with Europe completely over 50 million years from now, closing the Mediterranean, and creating new, future mountain ranges (with an addition to the Alps).[4]
References
- ^ Based upon population estimates for 2007 cited in a UN report, World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision (Highlights).
- ^ For example, Henry Field uses both terms in "The University of California African Expedition: I, Egypt". American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 50, No. 3, Part 1 (Jul. - Sep., 1948), pp. 479-493.
- ^ The term may have been coined by Sir Halford John Mackinder in The Geographical Pivot of History. See Francis P. Sempa. Mackinder's World.
- ^ Africa will collide Europe and Asia, 50 Million years from now
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