How are Asia and Europe different continents?

By Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner, Geography in the NewsTM. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF EUROPE AND ASIA. Europe and Asia, while often considered two separate continents, both lie on the same landmass or tectonic plate, the Eurasian supercontinent. read more

By the middle ages, Africa was often being included as a continent separate from Europe or Asia, and writers of that time considered inhabitants of the various continents the descendants of Noah's sons; Asia was occupied by Semites, Africa by Hamites, and Europe by Japhethites. read more

Throughout the Middle Ages and into the 18th century, the traditional division of the landmass of Eurasia into two continents, Europe and Asia, followed Ptolemy, with the boundary following the Turkish Straits, the Black Sea, the Kerch Strait, the Sea of Azov and the Don (known in antiquity as the Tanais). read more