Ancient chroniclers described the Earth as an outstretched faded cloak lying in the vast expanses of the Universe. What is beyond the horizon, knew only one God. And all states at that time were in only one World.
Instructions
Step 1
The original homeland of mankind was the African continent. The dispersal over the Earth took place gradually over tens of thousands of years. While settling, people did not even suspect that the Earth has the shape of a ball. Therefore, only those parts of the inhabited territories in which they lived were known. The Europeans knew only their territory, the Chinese and Indians theirs. The ancient settlers of modern America and Australia knew only their land. The concept of the World was limited at that time only to trade relations.
Step 2
Marco Polo opened Asia to Europeans. He described his journey in his diaries, thanks to which people have expanded their understanding of the Earth. But people still guessed that the planet could not be flat.
Observing the round disk of the Moon, ancient scientists and philosophers identified the unity of the universe and even tried to calculate the circumference of the Earth. On the maps created in antiquity, even then the meridians had semicircular outlines. And at the beginning of our era, the first globe appeared. But on it was only the Old World known to Europeans - China, India, the Arab territories of Khorezm, Persia, Egypt and European states: the Roman Empire, Kievan Rus, the kingdoms of Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands, England and many duchies.
Step 3
The new riches of Asia discovered by Marco Polo to Europeans forced merchants to go there, anticipating huge profits. Silk, precious stones, ivory and most importantly - spices. The European aristocracy was ready to pay for all this in gold. The era of great discoveries has come.
But the path to the East was controlled by the Arabs. And the Europeans, not wanting to pay intermediaries, looked for other ways. Suspecting that the Earth was round, caravels of merchants set off around the African continent and westward. Thus, paving a new path to Asia, the New World was discovered.
Step 4
The New World was a surprise to Europeans. New territories gradually settled down, new states appeared. The new continent was named America. On the modern map of the World, these are 35 states: USA, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Grenada, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador.
