Western world
Countries with an originally European shared culture
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in Europe, Northern America, and Australasia. The Western world likewise is called the Occident (from Latin occidens 'setting down, sunset, west') in contrast to the Eastern world known as the Orient (from Latin oriens 'origin, sunrise, east'). Definitions of the "Western world" vary according to context and perspectives; the West is an evolving concept made up of cultural, political, and economic synergy among diverse groups of people, and not a rigid region with fixed borders and members. Ancient Greece and Rome are widely regarded as the birthplaces of Western civilization. A geographical concept of the West started to take shape in the 4th century CE when Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor, divided the Roman Empire between the Greek East and Latin West. The Eastern Roman Empire, later called the Byzantine Empire, continued for a millennium, while the Western Roman Empire lasted for...
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