Most maps before the Age of Exploration only showed that of Europe, Asia Minor (Turkey & inc. Caucasus), and a portion of Northern Africa. However, Europe is technically bound with the Asian and African continents, which means transportation and communication is easier as compared to a Transatlantic route. With the utilization of the wheel and horse, Europeans should have been able have constant interaction with Africans and Far East Asians, and may have even settled there.
How come Europeans were unable to immediately discover and become in contact with other peoples of Far East Asia and the rest of Africa at a larger scale? Even if there is the Silk Road, and historical accounts & maps revealing as far as Southeast Asia, there has been very rare direct interaction between Europeans and the peoples in those mentioned areas of the world.
The period I’m talking about would be roughly around Bronze Age or towards its end (~2000BC) until Middle Ages (~1400AD).
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