[[Image:LocationAfricaEurasia.png|thumb|300px|right|Afro-Eurasia plus associated [[islands]].]]
'''Afro-Eurasia''',<ref>{{ Citation
| last=Frank
| first=Andre G.
| author-link=Andre Gunder Frank
| title=ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age
| year=1998
| isbn=978-0520214743
| publisher=University of California Press
}}</ref> or less commonly '''Afrasia'''<ref name="Field">For example, Henry Field uses both terms in [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7294(194807%2F09)2%3A50%3A3%3C479%3ATUOCAE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C "The University of California African Expedition: I, Egypt"]. ''American Anthropologist,'' New Series, Vol. 50, No. 3, Part 1 (Jul. - Sep., 1948), pp. 479-493.</ref> or '''Eurafrasia''',<ref name="Field"/> are terms used to describe [[Eurasia]] and [[Africa]] as one [[continent]]. The constituent [[landmass]]es contain around 85% of the [[world population]] (around 5.7 billion people).<ref>Based upon population estimates for 2007 cited in a UN report, ''[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP2006_Highlights_rev.pdf World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision (Highlights)].''</ref>

Normally, it is divided at the [[Suez Canal]] into Eurasia and Africa. The former is further subdivided (although more culturally than geologically) into [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].

Alternatively it may be divided into Eurasia-[[North Africa]] and [[Subsahara]] for cultural and historical reasons.<ref>{{ Citation
| last=Diamond
| first=Jared
| author-link=Jared Diamond
| title=[[Guns, Germs, and Steel|Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies]]
| year=1997
| isbn=0-393-03891-2
| publisher=Norton & Company
}}</ref>

In [[geopolitics]], the mainland of Afro-Eurasia (excluding islands such as [[Great Britain|Britain]], [[Ireland]], [[Japan]], and [[Madagascar]]) has been referred to as the '''World Island'''.<ref>The term may have been coined by Sir [[Halford John Mackinder]] in ''[[The Geographical Pivot of History]]''. ''See'' Francis P. Sempa. [http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_14/sempa_mac2.html Mackinder's World]</ref>

The [[Old World]] refers to Africa, Asia, Europe, and their surrounding islands as separate landmasses.

{|
| style="vertical-align: top" |
* [[Europe]]
** [[Northern Europe]]
** [[Western Europe]]
** [[Central Europe]]
** [[Eastern Europe]]
** [[Southern Europe]]


| style="vertical-align: top" |
* [[Asia]]
** [[North Asia|Northern Asia]]
** [[Central Asia]]
** [[East Asia|Eastern Asia]]
** [[South Asia|Southern Asia]]
** [[Southeast Asia|Southeastern Asia]]
** [[Southwest Asia|Southwestern Asia]]

| style="vertical-align: top" |
* [[Africa]]
** Sahel and North Africa
*** [[North Africa|Northern Africa]]
** Subsaharan Africa
*** [[West Africa|Western Africa]]
*** [[Central Africa]]
*** [[East Africa|Eastern Africa]]
*** [[Southern Africa]]
|}

In [[geology|geological]] terms, Afro-Eurasia is expected to 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 range]]s (with an addition to the [[Alps]]).<ref>[http://www.scotese.com/future.htm Africa will collide Europe and Asia, 50 Million years from now]</ref>

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