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Afrikaans; Alemannisch; Anarâškielâ; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Авар; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Башҡортса
The continental boundaries are considered to be within the very narrow land connections joining the continents. The remaining boundaries concern the association of islands and archipelagos with specific continents, notably: the delineation between Africa, Asia, and Europe in the Mediterranean Sea;
Alemannisch; Anarâškielâ; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Arpetan; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Башҡортса
European cuisine (also known as Continental cuisine) comprises the cuisines originating from the various countries of Europe. [ 1 ] The cuisines of European countries are diverse, although some common characteristics distinguish them from those of other regions. [ 2 ]
37th General Assembly of UNESCO in 2013, Paris. Cultural diversity is the quality of diverse or different cultures, as opposed to monoculture.It has a variety of meanings in different contexts, sometimes applying to cultural products like art works in museums or entertainment available online, and sometimes applying to the variety of human cultures or traditions in a specific region, or in the ...
In the context of archaeology and 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 civilizations, mostly in the temperate zone between roughly the 45th and 25th parallels north, in the area of the Mediterranean, including North Africa.
In geology, a continent is defined by continental crust, which is a platform of metamorphic and igneous rocks, largely of granitic composition. Continental crust is less dense and much thicker than oceanic crust, which causes it to "float" higher than oceanic crust on the dense underlying mantle. This explains why the continents form high ...
The continent of Europe, including transcontinental countries St. Peter's Basilica, viewed from the Tiber, the Vatican Hill in the back and Castel Sant'Angelo to the right, Rome (both the basilica and the hill are part of the sovereign state of Vatican City, the Holy See of the Catholic Church).