There are many meanings for Western World, or simply West, depending on who is using it and the context in which it’s being used. As a term for nations in the Western Hemisphere, or even simply Western Europe on its own, it is often misused. What it means is more subtle than that, though. According […]
Geographically, the Western Hemisphere refers to the western half of the Earth. Earth’s Western Hemisphere is commonly described as the land and ocean areas west of a prime meridian (0° longitude) to the 180th meridian. The Western Hemisphere includes all of North and South America, their islands and surrounding waterways, Africa, Europe, Antarctica, and a