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ELI5: Why are Asia and Europe considered different continents?
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Both the idea of dividing Europe from Asia and Africa and the concept of a continent comes from Europe. So it is not surprising that European see Europe as a continent even if newer Earth science uses a different and more coherent scientific term for large landmasses. While several arguments can be made about the inconsistency of the references, Europeans will always see themselves on their own continent, and most of the world will always refer to Europe as a distinct continent.

‘Europe’ and ‘Asia’ was divided by ancient Greeks who were the first to referr to Europe as current Greece and Asia as current Turkey. They divided the world that they were able to travel on their ships into these two parts many centuries before the word 'continent' was invented. They divided what they knew as 'Europe' and 'Asia' and 'Africa'. According to the etymology of the word 'continent land' it was derived from the 16th century English term 'continuous land' meaning mainland or a continuous tract of land.