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completely absent. The history of early Europeans is, therefore, a history of their tools and settlements. The Neolithic period was a period of human development...

expeditions by European Catholics. The goal was for the European Catholics to take back the Holy Land, which was mostly controlled by Muslims. These conflicts...

Europe since 1914 includes the end of the late modern period, and the contemporary period, which was from circa 1945 (post World War II) to the present...

such as Turkic and Uralic peoples. Indo-Europeans can be divided into Germanic peoples, and Indo-Europeans who were not Germanic such as Greco-Romans...

Romance-speaking people. But today, more Europeans express themselves as Europeans thus a polyglot cultural entity. Also in Europe race issues are not common; slavery...

The High Middle Ages was circa AD 1000–1300, or 1000–1250. States and territories of the High Middle Ages included: Northern Europe Britain Isles included...

The Italian Renaissance of the 13th and 14th centuries spread through the rest of Europe, representing a time when Europe sought knowledge from the ancient...

It was followed by forced conversions and expulsions of Muslims; even some moriscos (i.e. Muslims who had converted to Christianity) experienced expulsion...

called the Quran are the word of God; later teachings, called the sunnah, are composed of hadiths (sayings). Followers are usually called Muslims. The Early...

to Muslims in the south, Vikings in the north, and Slavs to the east. When Louis died in 840, his three sons battled for the throne. The Treaty of Verdun...

century, is viewing the federalism of the USA as a possible solution to forging a United Europe. After World War II the countries of Europe were faced with...

pushed out Jews and Muslims under Ferdinand and Isabella Protestant Reformation 1517 Austria slowly loses dominance to Spain Age of Exploration, Spain...

this period of European history, the Catholic Church, which had become rich and powerful, came under scrutiny. For over a thousand years the Christian religion...

The peoples of Europe have had a tremendous effect on the development of the United States throughout the course of U.S. history. Europeans "discovered"...

Resting one's hands under the table or one's elbow on it is considered inappropriate. In many areas of Europe, even numbers of flowers fewer than a dozen...

The end of World War I saw the European combatant nations exhausted, an entire generation of young men dead on the battlefield, and political conditions...

Southern Europe, many people conduct ordinary conversations in a more lively manner than that which other people, especially Northern Europeans, are accustomed...

medieval Europe. Muslim alchemists influenced medieval European alchemists, particularly the writings attributed to Jābir ibn Hayyān. A number of chemical...

note, however, that all the ruling families of Europe were related to each other in some form or fashion. This led to many Europeans feeling that it was a...

The Late Middle Ages was circa AD 1300–1500 or 1250–1500. States and territories of the Late Middle Ages included: Northern Europe British Isles included...