Do maps of the world in Europe Africa Asia show the Usa on the left as well?
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Europe inherited the naming convention from Greece.
Europe is west of Greece, so it became the West.
The Middle East is east, but closer to Greece than the Far East.
Europe discovered the Americas by sailing to the west, so it made sense for them to draw their maps that way.
Also the Pacific ocean is much larger than the Atlantic so it made sense for them to put the divide where there was more empty space.
[There’s a lot of seemingly empty space right in the middle of the map when you put the Americas on the right](https://www.shutterstock.com/search/world+map+japan+illustration)
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