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>>the three being Asia, Europe, and Africa, thereby making an unequal division. For the part called Asia stretches from the south through the east even to the north; Europe from the north even to the west; and Africa from the west even to the south. Thus we see that two, Europe and Africa, contain one half of the world, and Asia alone the other half. (Augustine, ''City of God'' 16.17, trans. Dods)
A similar description is also found in Orosius's ''Histories'' 1.2.1 and the broader division of the world along these lines goes back to Roman authors like Sallust (''Jugurthine War'' 17.3) and Pomponius Mela (''De chorographia'' 1.8-9) among others.
This is likewise what we find in the relevant sources cited in the article itself. For example in the extended quotation given for the very first sentence:
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