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[[File:Western_World_Latin_America_torn_countries.png|thumb|A depiction of the Western world based on the work of Samuel P. Huntington.]] |
[[File:Western_World_Latin_America_torn_countries.png|thumb|A depiction of the Western world based on the work of Samuel P. Huntington.]] |
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| − | The [[Western world]], also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Europe, and the Americas. The Western world likewise is called the Occident in contrast to the Eastern world known as the Orient. |
+ | The [[Western world]], also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Europe, and the Americas. The Western world likewise is called the Occident in contrast to the Eastern world known as the Orient. Western countries include countries in Western Europe and countries where a majority of the population descent from Western Europeans. An exception is Latin America which represents a distinct culture despite Spain and Portugal being Western nations. |
| ⚫ | The English word "West" was initially meant an adverb for direction. By the Middle Ages, Europeans began to use it to describe Europe. Since the eighteenth century, following European exploration, the word was used to indicate the regions of the world with European settlements. In contemporary times, countries that are considered to constitute the West vary according to perspective rather than their geographical location. Countries like Australia and New Zealand, located in the Eastern Hemisphere are included in modern definitions of the Western world, as these regions and others like them have been significantly influenced by the British—derived from colonization, and immigration of Europeans—factors that grounded such countries to the West. |
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| − | Modern-day Western world essentially encompasses the nations and states where civilization or culture is considered Western, the roots of which some historians have traced back to the Greco-Roman world and Christianity. In the Global North–South schism, the West is often correlated with Global North. A historic idea of Europe as the geographic West emerged in fifth century BCE Greece. A geographical concept of the West started to take shape in 4th century CE when Constantine–the first Christian Roman emperor divided the [[Roman Empire]] between the Greek East and Latin West. The East Roman Empire, later called the Byzantine Empire by historians, continued for a millennium, while the West Roman Empire lasted for only about a century and a half. The politico-religious division between the Western church and Eastern Christian churches eventually culminated in the East–West Schism in 1054 CE. Even though friendly relations continued between the two parts of the Christendom for some time, the crusades made the schism definitive with hostility. The West during these crusades tried to capture trade routes to the East and failed, it instead discovered the Americas. In the aftermath of European colonization of these newly discovered lands, an idea of the Western world, as an inheritor of Latin Christendom emerged. |
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| + | Starting from the late 1960s, certain Western nations have become notable for having highly active immigration programs. In doing so these nations are defying global trends and continue to have a growing population. |
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Revision as of 11:14, 25 October 2023
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Europe, and the Americas. The Western world likewise is called the Occident in contrast to the Eastern world known as the Orient. Western countries include countries in Western Europe and countries where a majority of the population descent from Western Europeans. An exception is Latin America which represents a distinct culture despite Spain and Portugal being Western nations.
The English word "West" was initially meant an adverb for direction. By the Middle Ages, Europeans began to use it to describe Europe. Since the eighteenth century, following European exploration, the word was used to indicate the regions of the world with European settlements. In contemporary times, countries that are considered to constitute the West vary according to perspective rather than their geographical location. Countries like Australia and New Zealand, located in the Eastern Hemisphere are included in modern definitions of the Western world, as these regions and others like them have been significantly influenced by the British—derived from colonization, and immigration of Europeans—factors that grounded such countries to the West.
Starting from the late 1960s, certain Western nations have become notable for having highly active immigration programs. In doing so these nations are defying global trends and continue to have a growing population.
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