Re: Afrasian?

Tristan scripsit:

> > Random thought re contrations of continent names; what d'ya people
> > think of
> > "Eurasica" for the landmass consisting of Eurasia and Africa? Sounds alot
> > better than "the Old World", doesn't it?
>
> 'The Old World' has the benefit of being understood by everyone.
> 'Eurasica' looks more like a typo for 'Eurasia' than a word it its own
> right.
Geopoliticians use, or used to use, "the World Island".  "Who controls
the hinterland, controls the World Island; who controls the World Island
controls the World."

Asimov extended this to refer to the Americas as "the New World Island".

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