Post on 03-Jan-2016
Europe
One American Student’s Europe
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/political/pdf/europe.pdf
Europe.pdf
CIA “bulls eye” map of Europe, Cold War era
Upper Paleo-, Meso-, and Neo-lithic Cave Art in Europe ~30,000 - 15,000 BC
Chauvet, FranceLions, 32,000 BP
Chauvet
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
a film by Werner Herzog
Peche Merle, France25,000 BC
Lascaux, France15,000 BC
Altamira, SpainBison, 16,000 BC
Venus of Willendorf, Austria26,000 BP
World GNI, per capita, 2005
World GDP, 2005
Venice was at the center of World economy in 1500, which consisted primarily of Mediterranean and Western European water routes and via the Levant ports into Asia.
By 1775, European Colonialism gripped the globe like an octopus. This map shows English, Dutch Spanish, Portuguese and French trade networks, identifiable by their point of origin. Note the prominence of the British network, with London as the center of the world.
British & FrenchEmpires
Spanish & Portuguese,
Dutch Empires
Odin & Thor
Start here Monday
Proto-Indo-European Languages source area 5,000-2,000 BC
Celts, 3rd century BC
Welsh, a Celtic language
Welsh Weather
NATO
2015
Euro-land and The Euro
European National Union, 2015
G 8 7
(Group of 8 of the World’s Richest Industrialized Countries)
Canada European Union France Germany Italy Japan Russia United Kingdom United States
G 20Group of 20 Finance Ministers and
Central Bank Governors from 20 Countries
1. G7
plus
2. Turkey
3. Argentina
4. Brazil
5. Mexico
6. China
7. South Korea
8. India
9. Indonesia
10. Saudi Arabia
11. Australia
12. South Africa
13. Australia