Why do world maps always show the Americas on the west and Asia on the east?

Question

If the world is round can we make any point of the world the center in maps? Or is there a specific reason all the world maps show the continents in the same orientation?

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Answer 1

The pacific ocean is huge, if the map were the other way with America on the right and europe on the left the map would be much wider. Its more compact to show the land all together in a smaller diagram.