European history
Old World chronicle
European history is the study of past events, developments, and civilizations on the European continent, typically from ancient Greece and Rome through the present day.
As an academic subject, it encompasses major periods like the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, and the world wars: She's taking European history this semester.
The phrase often implies a Western-centric view of world events.
- ScholasticismMedieval academic theology method
- European UnionContinental political-economic federation
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- Age of ExplorationPeriod of global seafaring
- CharlemagneEarly medieval Western unifier
Treaty of Versailles · Ancient Greece · feudal economy · Holy Roman Empire · Napoleon Bonaparte · Battle of Waterloo · Thirty Years' War · Catherine the Great · Adolf Hitler · Napoleonic Wars · French Revolution · Spanish Civil War · Winston Churchill · Enlightenment · Protestant Reformation · historiography · Congress of Vienna · mercantilism
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- social studiescivics, social studies, maps, economics, community
- History Bookstextbook, biography, memoir, chronicle, anthology
- Western civilizationphilosophy, literature, classics, democracy, Christianity
- cultural educationcultural literacy, cultural programs, arts education, humanities, art appreciation
- EuropeAlbania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, France
European historyAsian history
Past of largest continent
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