Subtropics
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| - | '''Eurasia''' is the largest [[landmass]] on [[Earth]], consisting of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. | ||
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| - | Eurasia formed 375 to 325 million years ago with the merging of [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstania]], and [[Baltica]], which was joined to [[Laurentia]], now North America, to form [[Euramerica]]. Chinese [[craton]]s collided with Siberia's southern coast. | ||
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| - | Eurasia has been the host of many ancient civilizations, including those based in [[Mesopotamia]], the [[Indus Valley]] and [[China]]. In the [[Axial Age]] (mid-[[first millennium BC]]), a continuous belt of civilizations stretched through the Eurasian [[Subtropics|subtropical zone]] from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This belt became the mainstream of world history for two millennia. | ||
| + | The '''subtropics''' are [[Geographical zone|geographic]] and [[Köppen climate classification|climate zones]] located roughly between the [[tropics]] at latitude 23.5° (the [[Tropic of Cancer]] and [[Tropic of Capricorn]]) and [[temperate zone]]s (normally referring to latitudes 35–66.5°) north and south of the [[Equator]]. | ||
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| - | + | *[[Geographical zone]] | |
| - | * [[Palearctic]] | + | *[[Subtropical cyclone]] |
| - | * [[Laurasia]], a geological supercontinent joining Eurasia and North America. | + | |
| - | * [[Euramerica]], a geological supercontinent joining [[Baltica]] ([[Western Europe]]) and North America. | + | |
| - | * [[Eurasian Economic Community]] | + | |
| - | * [[Neo-Eurasianism]] | + | |
| - | * [[Eurasian]] | + | |
| - | * [[Afro-Eurasia]] | + | |
| - | *[[Eastern Eurasian and African interactions with Europe ]] | + | |
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The subtropics are geographic and climate zones located roughly between the tropics at latitude 23.5° (the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn) and temperate zones (normally referring to latitudes 35–66.5°) north and south of the Equator.
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