Europe Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
continent in the Northern Hemisphere
About Europe
Europe has 745 million inhabitants as of 2021. European nations came to dominate the world from the 16th century and onward. As the continent was devastated by the world wars in the early 20th century, most Europeans now seek peace and unity. Homo Sapiensreached Europe from Africa through the Middle East roughly 40,000 years ago, and displaced theHomo Neanderthalensis, which died out around 30,000 years ago. As writing, farming and urban culture all spread to Europe from theMiddle East, European culture has owed much to foreign influences from its very beginning. The Mediterranean was one of the first centres of writing and city-states. Poets ofAncient Greeceare the oldest European writers still widely studied; ancient Greece has been credited with the foundation of Western culture, and ha
Europe Travel Guide Sections
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