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1 day ago · Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia). It occupies nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area. The long processes of history marked it off as the home of a distinctive civilization.
- Land
Europe - Geography, Climate, People: A contrast exists...
- People
Europe - Migration, Ethnicity, Religion: A scanty population...
- Geologic History
Europe - Geology, Tectonics, Plate Boundaries: The geologic...
- Economy
Europe - Trade, Manufacturing, Services: Europe was the...
- Climate
Europe - Climate, Regions, Weather: As Francis Bacon, the...
- Tourism
Europe - Tourism, Culture, History: The outstanding growth...
- Religions
Europe - Religions, Faiths, Beliefs: The majority of primary...
- Cenozoic Igneous Provinces
Europe - Cenozoic, Igneous, Provinces: From about 60 to 50...
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2 days ago · The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
2 days ago · With a population of 80.2 million according to the 2011 German census, rising to 83.7 million as of 2022, Germany is the most populous country in the European Union, the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the nineteenth-most populous country in the world.
2 days ago · There are 50 sovereign states with territory located within the common definition of Europe and/or membership in international European organisations that are almost universally recognized internationally.
3 days ago · Ethnic groups in Europe. Europeans are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various ethnic groups that reside in the states of Europe. Groups may be defined by common ancestry, common language, common faith, etc. The total number of national minority populations in Europe is estimated at 105 million people ...
19 hours ago · Germany, country of north-central Europe, traversing the continent ’s main physical divisions, from the outer ranges of the Alps northward across the varied landscape of the Central German Uplands and then across the North German Plain. Germany. One of Europe ’s largest countries, Germany encompasses a wide variety of landscapes: the tall ...
2 days ago · European Union (EU), international organization comprising 27 European countries and governing common economic, social, and security policies. Originally confined to western Europe, the EU undertook a robust expansion into central and eastern Europe in the early 21st century.
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