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2 days 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...
- Europe Summary
World War II marked a waning of world power among the states...
- 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...
- Land
4 days ago · World War I, international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the U.S., the Middle East, and other regions. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties and, in its destabilization of European society, laid the groundwork for World War II.
1 day ago · Africa. Africa, the second largest continent (after Asia ), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
2 days ago · History of Africa. Map showing the states, people, and material cultures of the African continent, but missing the Kintampo civilisation in West Africa, c.1800 BC. Contemporary political map of Africa (Includes Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa) Obelisk at temple of Luxor, Egypt. c.
2 days ago · Diachronic map showing African empires spanning roughly 500 BC to 1500 AD. At about 3300 BC, the historical record opens in Northern Africa with the rise of literacy in the Pharaonic civilization of ancient Egypt.
- 46.1/km² (119.4/sq mi) (2021)
- 54+2*+5** (*disputed) (**territories)
2 days ago · European theatre of World War II animation map, 1939–1945 – Red: Western Allies and the Soviet Union after 1941; Green: Soviet Union before 1941; Blue: Axis powers. With the situation in Europe and Asia relatively stable, Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union made preparations for war.
5 days ago · Primary Source. Map of Europe, 1918. Annotation. This map illustrates European borders prior to the start of WWI in 1914 with black lines and new states formed by the First World War in red. As the map illustrates, a number of states became independent from Tsarist Russia. What new states were these?
