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==Origins==
==Origins==
The '''Western world''' or the Occident, [[Europe]] (western Eurasia), as opposed to the Eastern World (the Orient), Asia (eastern Eurasia), is made up of the countries of Europe, as well as the technologically advanced countries of the Americas that have been influenced (by colonization or otherwise) tremendously by France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, the United Kingdom or other European nations.
The '''Western world''' or the Occident, [[Europe]] (western Eurasia), as opposed to the Eastern World (the Orient), Asia (eastern Eurasia), is made up of the countries of Europe, as well as the technologically advanced countries of the Americas that have been influenced (by colonization or otherwise) tremendously by France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, the United Kingdom or other European nations.
The border between the Occident and Orient, East and West or Europe and Asia, has been ill-defined. There is no natural boundary. Since ancient times it has been roughly defined as somewhere between the [[Black Sea]] and [[Ural Mountains]].
==Decline==
==Decline==