Europe
pOPULATION : 742,400,000
DENSITY : 183.0 persons per
sq. mi
MAIN LANGUAGES :
Russian, German, French,
English, Italian, Ukrainian,
Polish, Spanish, Romanian,
Dutch, Serbo-Croatian
MAIN RELIGIONS : Roman
Catholicism, Eastern
Orthodoxy, Protestantism,
Judaism
LARGEST CITIES : Moscow,
London, Istanbul, St.
Petersburg, Berlin
It is the land of old
battlefields, kings, and
fables. It can dazzle you
beyond belief. Though it is
the second smallest
continent it has centuries of
interesting history and has
been home to some of the
strongest nations of all
time. It had power from
the ancient times when the
Greeks and Romans were
making a name for
themselves, to the great
nations of the 1700's, Spain,
France, and England. It has
been the land of ancient
empires, medieval kings,
and two world wars. It is
Europe.
Though Europe is the
second smallest continent,
it has the second largest
population. Its name comes
from either Ereb, which is
the Phoenician word for
sunset
or
Europa,
the
daughter of the Phoenix in
Greek mythology. It has a
diverse culture and many
different kinds of people.
Europe really has
something for everyone.

As for Europe, a brief
chronological account of its
significant events begins
during prehistoric times with
the emergence of Homo
sapiens (early man), roughly
40,000 years ago.
Early inhabitants during the
Paleolithic Age, in an effort
to survive, grouped
together into small societies
such as bands, and subsisted
by gathering plants and
hunting for wild animals.
The practice of cultivating
the soil, producing crops and
raising livestock began in the
Neolithic Age some 9,000
years ago; stone tools were
used and people began to
live in small groups, or
villages.
As man continued to journey
east-to-west acrossEurasia
(a combination of Asia and
Europe), knowledge of tools
and new methods of
organization arrived;
civilizations flourished as
metal axes and arrowheads
improved survival.
In the 8th century BC,
Greecebegan to emerge
from the Dark Ages.
Classical Greek culture had a
powerful influence on the
Roman Empire, which
carried a version of it to
many parts of the
Mediterranean regionand
Northern Europe. In short,
the Greek culture provided
the foundation of modern
Western culture.
Of the great civilizations to
develop in Europe, the
previously mentioned
Roman Empire certainly had
the most lasting influence.
During its often tumultuous
500-year period of
innovation, it changed the
continent and had a
profound and lasting
influence on the
development of modern
architecture, language, law
and religion.
After its collapse, the
Eastern Roman Empire
survived (285-1450) as the
Byzantine Empire. In
Western Europe, a wide
series of tribes and tribal
alliances moved into
positions of power in the
remnants of the former
Roman Empire; small
kingdoms were established,
and the geography of
Western Europe was about
to change.

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