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Eurasia
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<p>Eurasia is the a continental area on <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth</a>, comprising all of <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a> and <a href="/facts/Asia/4IToYrrQ">Asia</a>. According to some geographers, <a href="/facts/Physical_geography/NByHKLCQ">physiographically</a>, Eurasia is a single <a href="/facts/Supercontinent/amID2KQp">supercontinent</a>. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents dates back to <a href="/facts/Classical_antiquity/JBq8vEX9">antiquity</a>, but their borders have historically been subject to change. For example, the ancient <a href="/facts/Greeks/wXwd2xlb">Greeks</a> originally included <a href="/facts/Africa/XkqQUP9s">Africa</a> in Asia but classified Europe as separate land. Eurasia is connected to Africa at the <a href="/facts/Suez_Canal/1zYoNryp">Suez Canal</a>, and the two are sometimes combined to describe the largest contiguous landmass on Earth, <a href="/facts/Afro-Eurasia/ADb5HYnJ">Afro-Eurasia</a>. </p>