A 16-point compass rose with west highlighted in black West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in Europe, Northern America, and Australasia; with some debate as to whether those in the former Soviet Union and Latin America, even though its cultures are derived from Iberian cultures [1][2], also constitute the West. [3][4] The Western world likewise is called the Occident (from Latin occidens ...

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