WikiBooks: History of Europe

by Wikimedia Foundation

From the palaeolithic era to european union, History of Europe describes the history of humans inhabiting the European continent since it was first populated in prehistoric times to present, with the first human settlement between 45,000 and 25,000 BC.

Nook

First published July 7, 2011

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