Identify and explain the significance of key individuals, events, turning points, and patterns in the Western world from prehistory to 1648.

The Western world, which is additionally called the West, refers to numerous regions, states and nations, relying on the context, most customarily such as the bulk of Europe, the Americas, and Australasia. The Western global is likewise called the Occident (from the Latin word occidens, "sunset, West"), in assessment to the Orient (from the Latin word oriens, "rise, East") or Eastern global. It may suggest the Northern 1/2 of the North-South divide.