why is Europe considered to be a different continent from Asia
However, Europe and Asia are two different socio-political continents, ie, they are divided like that because the people who lived there have decided it to be that way. So in one way, it is one continent, and in another way, it is two.t's like comparing a banana to a head of lettuce, too different. The landmass of Europe and Asia does have a name, however: Eurasia. However, Eurasia is also joined to the continent of Africa (more specifically, Asia to Africa).