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1. Europe is a continent whose boundaries are generally regarded as being: the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Arctic Ocean to the south.
2. Europe is the third-most populous continent after Asia and Africa, with a population of 731 million or about 11% of the world's population.
3. Europe is a continent, the western part of Eurasia.

France

1. B and B Direct - the easiest way to find bed and Breakfast accommodation in France, Italy, Spain, UK, Europe, America and the rest of the world.
2. In particular, families from Germany, Italy, Spain, France and Belgium moved to Nicaragua to set up businesses with money they brought from Europe. (Web site)
3. Candover actively seeks opportunities across Europe with particular focus on the Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and Spain.

Centuries

1. It delayed for at least two centuries any contact between Russia and Europe, which was at that time the only fountain of progress and enlightenment.
2. Debate continues whether the Hsiung-nu are none other than the Huns who later (within two centuries) invaded Europe and India. (Web site)

Ottoman Empire

1. The Ottoman Empire had already started its conquest of Europe and posed a major threat to the Balkans throughout the first half of the fifteenth century.
2. The First Balkan War was fought to decide the fate of Macedonia, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey in Europe. (Web site)
3. The Ottoman Empire ruled over all of Anatolia and significant parts of Europe, North Africa, the Caucasus and Middle East for over 700 years. (Web site)

Medieval Europe

1. Called the Great Horse in the Middle Ages, these horses carried knights into battle in medieval Europe. (Web site)
2. Islamic al-Andalus passed much of this on to Europe (see Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe). (Web site)
3. In 1410, the armies of Poland and Lithuania together defeated the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Grunewald, the biggest battle of medieval Europe. (Web site)

Roman Empire

1. The earliest known distinctions between east and west in Europe originate in the history of the Roman Empire.
2. CONSTANTINE erects a new capital, Constantinople, on the border of Europe and Asia, and the rule of the Roman Empire continues its center in the East.
3. Jews settled in Europe during the time of the Roman Empire, but the rise of the Catholic Church resulted in frequent expulsions and persecutions.

Allies

1. As the war continued, Germany and its allies quickly gained direct or indirect control of the majority of Europe.
2. The last Soviet campaign of the war, which led to the fall of Berlin and the end of the war in Europe with the surrender of all German forces to the Allies. (Web site)
3. To continue the war with the Ottoman Empire, Peter traveled to Europe to seek allies.

Soviet Union

1. Covering more than 17 million square kilometers in Europe and Asia, Russia succeeded the Soviet Union as the largest country in the world.
2. It meant that the main victor of the war would be the Soviet Union: a result that determined the shape of Europe. (Web site)
3. With the situation in Europe and Asia relatively stable, Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union made preparations. (Web site)

Eastern North America

1. The disease is native to eastern North America and has spread to Europe and most other regions of the world.
2. The Silurian was a time of high sea levels in Eastern North America and Europe. (Web site)
3. Obducted fragments also are found in Oman, Cyprus, Newfoundland, the Alps of Europe, and the Appalachians of eastern North America.

Native

1. The genus is widely distributed, being native in Asia, Europe and North America.
2. Holcus is a genus of eight species of grasses, native to Europe, Atlantic Ocean islands, Africa and western Asia. (Web site)
3. Salsola is a genus of herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees in the family Chenopodiaceae, native to Africa, Asia, and Europe. (Web site)

British Isles

1. The Vikings were Scandinavian warriors who raided the coasts of Europe, the British Isles, Iceland and Greenland during the 8th to 10th centuries.
2. The British Isles have always been considered part of Europe, and Greenland is considered part of North America.
3. The Vikings raided across Europe, though their slave raids were the most destructive in the British Isles and Eastern Europe.

Celts

1. The Celts and Germanic peoples of Europe during this time shared a similar social structure.
2. It is one of the oldest cities in Europe, first settled in the 3rd century BC by the Celts before becoming the Roman settlement of Singidunum.
3. At the dawn of history in Europe, the Celts then living in what is now France were known as Gauls to the Romans.

Greece

1. The workforce of Albania has continued to migrate to Greece, Italy, Germany, other parts of Europe, and North America. (Web site)
2. Iceland is for the Teutons what Greece and Rome are for the south of Europe, and she accomplished her mission with no less efficiency and success. (Web site)
3. Wine probably appeared in Europe at about 4500 BC in what is now Bulgaria and Greece, and was very common in ancient Greece, Thrace and Rome. (Web site)

Turkey

1. The business guide of Turkey, which is connecting Turkey and the western civilizations for trading. (Web site)
2. Turkey, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, is synonymous of both Asia Minor and Anatolia which are the melting pot of western civilization. (Web site)
3. The main area of Turkey, Anatolia, is in Asia while about 3 percent of the country (Thrace) lies in Europe. (Web site)
4. Turkey straddles the borders of Europe and Asia with the majority of the country in Southwest Asia. (Web site)

United Kingdom

1. The game arrived in stores in wide release on August 29, 2006 in North America, and on September 1, 2006 in the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.
2. England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom located on the island of Great Britain in the north-west of Europe. (Web site)
3. First, the federal University of London which, with over 100,000 students, is the largest contact teaching university in the United Kingdom and in Europe. (Web site)

Mainland Europe

1. The western boundary is the Atlantic Ocean; Iceland, though nearer to Greenland (North America) than mainland Europe, is generally included in Europe. (Web site)
2. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east.
3. The region was heavily glaciated during the Ice Age; Jostedalsbreen (W Norway), the largest glacier of mainland Europe, is a remnant of the great ice sheet. (Web site)

London

1. London is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and one of the largest cities in Europe. (Web site)
2. In 1951, Nolan moved to London, England.[ 7] He travelled in Europe, spending a year in 1956 painting themes based on Greek Mythology while in Greece. (Web site)
3. April 23 - Chinese communist troops take Nanking [ edit] May-June May 5 - The Council of Europe is founded by the signing of the Treaty of London.

Council

1. Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States and for centuries has been on the crossroads between East and West.
2. Russia is member of both the Council of Europe and the ACD. Several smaller regional organizations with non-overlapping memberships.
3. The Helms-Burton act was condemned by the Council of Europe, the European Union, Canada, and other U.S. allies that enjoy normal trade relations with Cuba.

Iberian Peninsula

1. The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. (Web site)
2. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in southwestern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. (Web site)
3. In Europe the rough-toothed dolphin has been recorded mainly between the Canaries and the Iberian Peninsula, although it also occurs in the Mediterranean.

Southern Europe

1. A country of Southern Europe, Malta lies south of Sicily, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. (Web site)
2. Aira is a genus of about 10 species of annual grasses, native to western and southern Europe, southwest Asia and Africa.
3. Hepatozoon canis has long been recognised to infect and cause disease in dogs in Asia, southern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America. (Web site)

Great Britain

1. In 1754, France and Great Britain fought a war that was known in North America as the French and Indian War and in Europe as the Seven Years War. (Web site)
2. Until the early 20th cent., the islands remained pawns of the imperialistic powers of Europe, mainly Spain, Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands. (Web site)
3. Vocal trance is popular listening in Europe, notably Germany, Sweden and Great Britain.

Britain

1. In Europe the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, brought Britain and France into the war two days later.
2. The most popular of these shows also enjoyed profitable New York productions and tours of Britain, America, Europe, Australasia and South Africa.
3. Although cosmologists came from Europe and America as well as Britain, most of the work in theoretical cosmology took place in London, Cambridge and Oxford. (Web site)

Trade

1. Consequently, the Chinese have nuclear weapons, the largest standing army in the world and Europe and America as debtors in trade.
2. The Phoenicians of Asia, Greeks of Europe, and Carthaginians of Africa all colonized parts of Iberia to facilitate trade.
3. This trade was so extensive that the major set of trade routes between Europe and Asia has become known as the Silk Road. (Web site)

European Union

1. Its economy is the second largest in Europe (after Germany), and the UK is a member of the European Union and the G8.
2. Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP's MEPs, said Britain would have an "open door" to the rest of Europe "while we are a member of the European Union". (Web site)
3. France is the largest state in the European Union by area and the third largest in Europe behind Russia and Ukraine.

Three Continents

1. He also divided the world into three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa.
2. Greece is located at the junction of three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa. (Web site)
3. The lands of Turkey are located at a point where the three continents making up the old world, Asia, Africa and Europe are closest to each other. (Web site)

Southeastern Europe

1. The Treaty of Karlowitz marked the end of the Ottoman expansion westward into Europe and made Austria-Hungary the dominant power in southeastern Europe.
2. With a surface area of 238,391 km², Romania is the largest country in southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe.
3. At the height of its power (16th–17th century), it spanned three continents, controlling much of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Laurasia

1. North America, Europe and Asia were still joined in a supercontinent, Laurasia, but Greenland and North American were beginning to separate. (Web site)
2. Color scheme: Laurasia (orange); Gondwana (blue); North America (solid orange); Europe (striped orange); South America (blue); Africa (striped blue). (Web site)
3. Laurasia then fragmented into North America, Europe, and Asia under the influence of plate tectonics. (Web site)

Eurasia

1. Laurasia later rifted into the two continents we know today as North America and Eurasia (Europe and Asia).
2. Together with Asia, Europe forms the supercontinent Eurasia, of which Europe is a part of the larger landmass known as Eurasia.
3. In the last century it has also become conventional to subdivide Eurasia into the regions of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Home

1. At one time it was the "chief commercial city" of the world.[ 3] Bruges is also home to the College of Europe. (Web site)
2. They included his later trips, home and back again to Europe through Japan and the United States, and, finally, through his self-imposed exile in Hong Kong.
3. Elbistan in Turkey is home to nomadic Turks who have fled the city and emigrated to parts of Europe.

Usa

1. The airport has access to over 130 destinations in Canada, the USA, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
2. In his shows in Brazil, Mexico, USA, Canada or in Europe, Philippe Bertaud brings his audience a touch of French refinement topped with warm Latin character. (Web site)
3. There are now stocks in most if not all developed and developing countries, including Japan, the USA, Canada, Europe, India and China.

Scandinavia

1. Norse mythology comes from the northernmost part of Europe, Scandinavia: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. (Web site)
2. Interlingua has some enthusiastic supporters in North and South America, Europe, Russia, and particularly Scandinavia.
3. Photographic portfolios of ancestral towns in Europe created for Genealogy enthusiasts in Germany, Italy, Poland, Scandinavia, Great Britain and more.

Northern Europe

1. As one of the waterways and ancient highways, for centuries the road led from Europe to Asia and back, and from northern Europe to the Mediterranean.
2. Finland is in Northern Europe and has borders with Russia to the East, Norway to the North and Sweden to the West. (Web site)
3. Scandinavia[ 1] is a region in northern Europe that includes Denmark and the Scandinavian Peninsula 's two nations, Norway and Sweden. (Web site)

Balkans

1. The Ottoman Empire had settled the Balkans and the Middle East; these were the land bridges that joined Europe, Asia and Africa. (Web site)
2. Runic inscriptions have been found throughout Europe from the Balkans to Germany, Scandinavia and the British Isles. (Web site)
3. Bulgaria sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, right in the belly of the Balkans. (Web site)

Central Europe

1. The Jewish prisoners were mostly from central Europe, people who had fled to North Africa from the Nazis in Europe. (Web site)
2. The Crusades of Nicopolis and of Varna marked the most determined attempts by Europe to halt the Turkic advance into Central Europe and the Balkans. (Web site)
3. It flows out of the Kuyavian-Pomeran Geography of Poland: Poland is a country in Central Europe, east of Germany.

Second World War

1. This led to the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe when on 3 September 1939, the United Kingdom and France both declared war on Germany.
2. After the Second World War, the growth rate of the GDP was high compared to other Europe, and Finland was often called "Japan of the North".
3. The last battle of the Second World War in Europe was the Battle of Poljana, Slovenia, which took place on May 15 1945.

World War

1. Toward the end of World War II, after the end of World War II in Europe, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
2. After the war After the end of World War II in Europe some of the former RONA and Lokot personnel were repatriated by Western Allies to the Soviet Union. (Web site)
3. World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a war fought from 1939 to 1945 in Europe and, during much of the 1930s and 1940s, in Asia.

Continental Europe

1. In Europe, Eighth Air Force was the first USAAF strategic air force, with a mission to support an invasion of continental Europe from the British Isles.
2. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in the United States, Canada or Britain.
3. It is closer to continental Europe than any other part of Britain, divided from France only by a 38 km (24 statute mile or 21 nautical mile) sea gap.

Latin America

1. In addition to Britain and North America, there are vibrant musical theatre scenes in many countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia. (Web site)
2. Of these, 40.8% have background from Europe, 36.0% from Asia, 12.4% from Africa, 7.8% from Latin America, 2.5% from North America and 0, 5% from Oceania.
3. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Asia and South Africa but has not had as much success in her native United States. (Web site)

Western Asia

1. Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris, native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa.
2. Beech trees grow in North America and Europe as well as in western Asia, Japan and North Africa. (Web site)
3. Kalmyk is spoken in the Republic of Kalmykia, part of the Russian Federation, in western Asia near the eastern edge of Europe.

North Africa

1. Hollies are shrubs and trees from 2–25 m tall, with a wide distribution in Asia, Europe, north Africa, and North and South America.
2. Carlina (carline thistle) is a genus of about 30 species of thistles in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, north Africa and Asia. (Web site)
3. Native to Europe, Asia and North Africa, most gypsophila species are found in calcium-rich soils, including gypsum, whence the name of the genus.

Northern Africa

1. There are approximately 125 species, most of which are native to Asia, with a number also appearing in Europe, northern Africa, and North America. (Web site)
2. Most species are native to Asia, but some also occur in Europe, Northern Africa, and North America. (Web site)
3. VIA DIGITAL - The name of a digital satellite service available to subscribers in Spain (and probably most of the rest of Europe and northern Africa).

Americas

1. This information points to the fact that Portuguese, spoken in Europe, Africa, the Far East (West Timor,) and in the Americas is a force in the world. (Web site)
2. It is the predominant religion in the Americas, Europe, Philippine Islands, Oceania, and large parts of Africa (see Christianity by country).
3. When used to describe a single landmass, an analogous term to America or (the) Americas is Eurasia, which consists of Europe and Asia collectively. (Web site)

Region

1. The region, situated at the crossroads of Africa, Europe and Asia, has a high diversity of cultures, countries, political systems, and religions.
2. It has been said that thousands of years ago many small tribal kingdoms occupied the region where the three continents meet (Europe, Asia and Africa).
3. If two charts overlap, parts of them represent the same region of the manifold, just as a map of Europe and a map of Asia may both contain Moscow.

Eastern Europe

1. Map - Moldova Moldova Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south.
2. Nevertheless, it finds its way to other regions of Europe (Italy, Central and Eastern Europe), reaching even the Caucasus and the Zagros mountains.
3. The country is situated in the middle of Europe and is the hub of several major areas including Western and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Scandinavia. (Web site)

Crusades

1. The crusades did not liberate the holy land for long, but halted the Muslims in their tracks, slowed down their advance and saved Europe from Islam.
2. The origins of the breed trace to a period before the Crusades, and they were at one point a very popular draft horse in France and other parts of Europe.
3. At the same time, the Crusades were a tipping point for Europe, pushing the continent out of an isolated dark age and into the modern world. (Web site)

Western Europe

1. Indeed, Milton Mankoff asserts that there is much less crime in Western Europe than in the U.S. because Europe is more ‘Socialist’ than America. (Web site)
2. Landlocked country in Western Europe, bounded north and west by Belgium, east by Germany, and south by France.
3. The Netherlands is situated in Western Europe, bordering Belgium to the south and Germany to the east, to its north and west in the North Sea. (Web site)

Continent

1. In the Greco-Roman world, this Continent was the entire known world; it was divided into three parts, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
2. By continent, 34% of the world's Internet users are based in Asia, 29% in Europe, and 23% in North America ([2] updated November 21, 2005).
3. It toured North America, Australia and notably Europe; Pearl Jam had not toured the continent for six years.

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