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century, most Europeans now seek peace and unity. See also: Prehistoric Europe, European history, In the footsteps of explorers#Out of Africa Homo Sapiens...

Europe has a great deal of history and has strongly influenced other parts of the world, and many of its historical sites are now tourist attractions....

European theatre saw combat from September 1939 to May 1945. The war was by far the most destructive conflict in European history in terms of loss of...

rivers. The Balkans have many historical ruins, including those of some of the oldest cities in Europe. It is also home to some of the few Muslim-majority...

brings together Muslims from all over the world. Some Muslims also make pilgrimages to various other holy sites. Many sites built in the name of Islam are UNESCO...

welcomes millions of Muslims on Haj or Umrah pilgrimages every year but is off-limits to non-Muslims. 33.31527844.3661111 Baghdad. Founded by the Abbasids in...

Christians and Muslims. 21.422539.8261118 Mecca — forbidden for non-Muslims to enter, this is the holiest city in Islam and well known for the Hajj. 35.751...

attacks against non-Muslims, mostly targeting other Nigerians, but there is still a significant risk to Westerners. The region around the Niger River delta...

cities of the Americas can be found in the Caribbean. Perhaps no surprise as this was where Columbus and other Europeans first set foot in the New World...

the Renaissance in Italy and other parts of Europe. The disruption of the Silk Road encouraged Europeans to find a sea route to Asia, inspiring the Voyages...

Christian community in the Gulf. Although the majority of Bahrain's population is made up of Shia Muslims, the royal family is Sunni Muslim. 27.52353489.642736...

Asia from China to Europe. One poem calls it "The Golden Road to Samarkand". In 2014, UNESCO added "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan...

like many of his other afflictions was likely a result of incest. Most powers of Europe fought for the possibility to put one of their own on the Spanish...

the literature of Christian Europe. The Crusades most commonly refers to the nine crusades to the Holy Land from 1095 to 1272; those are the topic of...

part of the kingdom of Gabu, part of the Mali Empire; parts of this kingdom persisted until the eighteenth century. Early reports of Europeans reaching...

The traditional annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims and is the largest annual gathering of people in...

later. Other Europeans also had epics, such as the Old English Beowulf or the Middle High German Nibelungenlied. The Crusades also inspired some of the greatest...

empires came quite close. The last two of these were in conflict when the British and other Europeans arrived. The great Muslim Mughal Empire ruled a substantial...

well-mannered, and tend to be more traditional than other Europeans. This is partly due to the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church, which is a major force...

contains a wealth of historic sites and natural wonders without the large throngs of tourists found in Europe or other parts of Asia. The region has no exact...