DeCS

Descriptor English:

Western World

Descriptor Spanish:

Mundo Occidental

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor

mundo occidental

Scope note:

Entidad histórica y cultural dispersa a lo largo de un área geográfica amplia de Europa, en oposición a Oriente, Asia y África. Este término lo utilizaron los estudiosos durante el periodo medieval tardío. Más tarde, con el impacto del colonialismo y la transmisión de culturas, el Mundo Occidental en ocasiones fue ampliado al incluir las Américas. (Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Ocidente

Descriptor French:

Monde occidental

Entry term(s):

Occident

Tree number(s):

I01.076.201.450.226.800

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019366

Scope note:

A historical and cultural entity dispersed across the wide geographical area of Europe, as opposed to the East, Asia, and Africa. The term was used by scholars through the late medieval period. Thereafter, with the impact of colonialism and the transmission of cultures, Western World was sometimes expanded to include the Americas. (Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

Annotation:

note category; refers usually to Europe & the Americas; IM; specify Category Z continent or country if relevant

Allowable Qualifiers:

HI histoire

DeCS ID:

33184

Unique ID:

D019366

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Date Established:

1997/01/01