Difference between revisions of "Western"

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-"'''Western'''" refers to "[[the West]]" (the Occident), or Europe as opposed to Asia, or Occident (the East) is a term relating to those countries and people aligned with [[Western Christendom]] (as described by historian [[Arnold Toynbee]]). The Western world was led by England (see [[British Empire]]) until the ascendancy of the [[United States of America]].
+{{disambig}}
+*[[Western alliance]]
-However this term is not exclusively used to refer to anglophone nations nor is it used to refer to countries aligned on the western side on a standard [[world map]]. European nations such as [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Poland]] are counted as "Western" states whereas some countries in [[South America]], such as [[Peru]] and [[Chile]], are not. [[Russia]] is a Western country but it created its own flank within the West.
+*[[Western civilization]]
+*[[Europe|Western peninsula]] of the [[Eurasia]] continent
-The general rule of thumb is that it is used to refer to nations that have an origin in the [[Latin]]/[[Germanic]]/[[Slavic]] roots of and have a similar high level of societal development (e.g [[Australia]].)
-==See also==
-*[[Europe]]
 *[[Western (movie genre)]]
-[[Category:Geography]]