- published: 09 Oct 2011
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Eurasia is a geographical continent. It refers to the uninterrupted landmasses with their associated islands and regions, surrounded by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, along the Sinai Peninsula, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the east.
Physiographically, it is a single continent; the concepts of Europe and Asia as distinct continents date back to antiquity and their borders are geologically arbitrary. Eurasia, in turn, is part of the yet larger landmass of Afro-Eurasia, whereby Eurasia is joined to Africa at the Suez Canal.
Eurasia is inhabited by almost 5 billion people, more than 72.5% of the world's population, 60% in Asia and 12.5% in Europe.
Eurasia was the host of many modern civilizations, including those based in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.
Jared Diamond, in his book Guns, Germs and Steel, credits Eurasia's dominance in world history to the unique east-west extent of Eurasia and its climate zones, and the availability of Eurasian animals and plants suitable for domestication. He included North Africa in his definition of Eurasia, due to it having a similar climate and peoples.
I walk across the land
Where the mountains rise
A strong and cold wind blowing hard
And the flawless stone hides
The reason for my journey burns
Can't you see the glow
A world beyond the promised land
On the road until the end
[chorus:]
Eternal flame
That shines the night
I'm away till the morning light
Eternal flame
That shines the night
I'm away till the morning light
Eternal flame
I'm awake
Joining one with all
Into the sky I'll fly
I walk across the land
Where the holy river flows
The people gather to its banks
Where the lotus flower grows
Revealing all the secret shades
So can you feel the might?
My journey back to my motherland
Unfolding a serving hand
[chorus]
... I see the white up in the dawning sky
It carries me to mystic shores
Gonna leave you 'cause I'm begging for more
We've known each other so long,
I know, way before
The winds will take me so far away
I'll leave you behind, but I'm longing to stay
We'll be together again,
I know, another day
Everything is suffering
Striving for live
Give up the craving
And what remains...
The eightfold path
The end