World

The world denotes the whole earth together with everything that is here. Geographically and geologically , the world is divided in seven continents - Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica. The continents are further divided into regions and subregions, and then into countries. Countries are further divided into smaller administrative units.

How and when this world is created
Even today, nobody knows exactly, how and when this world was created. There are many explanations to it. Scientifically speaking, it is a well accepted theory that the Earth formed over billions of years from a whirling cloud of gas and dust, circling around the Sun, which was then believed to be a new star. According to geological history of the Earth, it began roughly around 3.9 billion years ago with the formation of crust on its surface.

In Religions
In almost all religions, the formation of the Universe, the world or the Earth is described differntly. There are many stories about it.

In Hinduism, Brahma, the creator god has created it. In a differnt version in "Vaikritik Rahasyam", the goddess Shakti is said to have created even Brahma.

In Christianity, this world was created by god in six days. In the First book of Moses, called Genesis, tells us in the very first chapter, how it all began.