That is, the major axis of the Americas is north–south.

也就说，美洲的主轴线南北向的。

In contrast, the major axis of Eurasia is east–west.

下，欧亚大的主轴线西向的。

It lacks the severe ecological barriers transecting the major axes of the Americas and Africa.

它没有横贯美洲和非洲主轴线的严重生态障碍。

Its east–west major axis permitted many inventions adopted in one part of Eurasia to spread relatively rapidly to societies at similar latitudes and climates elsewhere in Eurasia.

它的西向主轴使得欧亚大某一地区采用的许多发明能够对较快地传播到欧亚大其他地区类似纬度和气候的社会。