• the extent of geographic knowledge of a given culture at a given historical period, see history of geography
  History of geography
  The history of geography includes various histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups. In more recent developments, geography has become a distinct academic discipline. 'Geography' derives from the from Greek - geographia,, a literal...
  
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  • Early world maps lists a number of maps showing the known world from the perspective of various historical periods.
• Ecumene, a Greek geographical concept for the inhabited or known parts of the world
• The Known World
  The Known World
  The Known World is a 2003 historical novel by Edward P. Jones. It was his first novel and second book. Set in antebellum Virginia, it examines issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by free black people as well as by whites...
  
  , a 2003 historical novel by Edward P. Jones
  Edward P. Jones
  Edward Paul Jones is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel The Known World received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.-Biography:...
  
  
• The Known World of Mystara
  Mystara
  Mystara is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game. Although it has officially been dropped from production by its creators, many fans continue to develop and evolve this fantasy setting jointly, continuing its original theme of group development.-Development:It...
  
  , a campaign setting in the role playing game Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
  
  

See also

• History of cartography
  History of cartography
  Cartography , or mapmaking, has been an integral part of the human story for a long time, possibly up to 8,000 years...
  
  
• Old World
  Old World
  The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....
  
  
• Ptolemy's world map
  Ptolemy's world map
  The Ptolemy world map is a map of the known world to Western society in the 2nd century AD. It was based on the description contained in Ptolemy's book Geographia, written c. 150...
  
  
• Midgard
  Midgard
  Midgard is one of the Nine Worlds and is an old Germanic name for our world and is the home of Humans, with the literal meaning "middle enclosure".-Etymology:...
  
  , a Germanic mythological concept for the abode of man