EuropeLecturer: Eka Avaliani

Student: Tamar MkurnalidzeCourse: History of world civilizations

Europe is the second smallest of the seven continents covering roughly 2% of the earth’s surface.

Political map of Europe and European neighborhood

What is an Europe without Greece if even name of it comes from Greek mythology?

From where comes the name Europe?The name 'Europe’ has long been thought to

have been derived from the ancient myth of Zeus and Europa.

Herodotus, however, does not believe the tale of the Phoenician princess, theories regarding the origin of the name 'Europe’ range from it being of Greek origin meaning “wide gazing”, a reference to the breadth of the shoreline as seen from sea or from the Phoenician for “evening”, as in the place where the sun would set. Today, as it was in Herodotus’ time, no one can say for certain where the name 'Europe' originated. To the ancient Greeks, the Aegean sea and environs were the center of the world. The Phonecians regularly sailed across and up the Atlantic to harvest tin from Europe at Cornwall but, to the Greeks, Europe was a dark continent (in the same way that 19th and early 20th century Europeans CE would later view Africa).

prehistoric - 12000 BCECave art culture in Europe.

c. prehistoricCave painting flourishes in Spain and France, the most famous being the Cave of Lascaux in France.

5000 BCEHierarchical societies emerge in southeast Europe

c. 5000 BCECultivation of peas in Europe.

Archaeologists in Bulgaria say they have uncovered the oldest prehistoric town found to date in Europe.

Archaeologists believe that the town was home to some 350 people and dates back to between 4700 and 4200 BC. That is about 1,500 years before the start of ancient Greek civilisation.

4300 BCEFirst megalithic tombs in Europe.

c. 2000 BCE-1500 BCEBronze Age begins in Northern Europe. to Britain.c. 1860 BCEThe beginning of construction of Stonehenge in Britain.1500 BCEPastoral farming spreads across Eurasian steppes.

1100 BCEDorian peoples occupy Greece.1000 BCEIron working in southern Europe.c. 900 BCECeltic Migration begins in Europe with many Celts landing in Scotland.

c. 800 BCE - c. 600 BCEEarly Iron Age culture flourishes across Europe.

c. 513 BCE - c. 512 BCEDarius I of Persia Campaigns against Scythians into European Scythia, past the Danube River, Scythians refuse to fight and Darius is forced to abandon the campaign due to lack of provisions.

c. 500 BCE - 450 BCEHallstatt kingdoms and chiefdoms suddenly collapse for reasons unclear.193 BCEThe Boii are defeated by the Romans, suffering, according to Livy, 14,000 dead.

58 BCEJulius Caesar invades Gaul. Roman influence on the European tribes begins in earnest.300 CE - 700 CEMigration Age in Europe.

…….. 5th to the 15th century.

Black ages with its horror

14th century Black death

….. Balance of power

Thirty Years’ War, (1618–48)

WWI

WWII

Today Europe is the most developed continent on Earth, but its start had not been glorious, how you see.

Adopt one statement, every country/group of countries has its birth, golden era, black era and death.

Europe had black ages (middle ages), 30 years of war, I WW, II WW, but it survived and is much stronger then had ever been.

Which country/continent will be the

Next?

Thanks for attention

http://www.wikihistory.com/index.php?n=Main.2732BCE http://www.ancient.eu.com/europe/ http://koenigworldhistory.weebly.com/textbook-links.htmlhttp://myweb.unomaha.edu/~dkoenig/whtextbook/chap24.pdf

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