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This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Europe, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Europe.
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| Palaeolithic art, as early as 40 000 BC to 10 000 BC |
| Neolithicum in Europe 5th millennium BC |
| Cardium Pottery, 5000 BC |
| Europe in theMiddle Neolithic, ca.4500 BC-4000 BC |
| Europe in theLate Neolithic, ca.4000 BC-3500 BC |
| Simple map of the major late4th millennium BC "Old European" cultures. Green is theFunnelbeaker culture (TRB). Blue is theLinear Ceramic culture (LBK). Orange is theLengyel culture, purple theVincha culture, red theCucuteni culture and yellow the western part of theYamna culture |
| Corded Ware culture and neighbourhood (Yamna culture,Baden culture), ca.3200 BC/2900 BC to ca.2300 BC/1800 BC |
| Centers of theBeaker culture (ca.2800 BC –1900 BC) |
| Extent of theBeaker culture (ca.2800 BC –1900 BC) |
| A simplified map, ca.1200 BC, showing the centralUrnfield culture (red), the northern Urnfield culture (orange), theKnoviz culture (blue-gray), theLusatian culture (purple), theDanubian culture (brown), theTerramare culture (blue), theWest European Bronze Age (green) and theNordic Bronze Age (yellow). |
| Celts in Europe. This is a rough estimate from several sources. Blue: extent of Celtic influence 1500 BC - 1000 BC. Purple: extent of Celtic influence 400 BC |
| La Tène Culture area, Celts' urheimat, V century BC |
| Celts spread in III century BC, according to Francisco Villar'sLos Indoeuropeos y los orígenes de Europa, Italian version, p. 446 |
| Celts in Europe 800 - 400 BC. The green area suggests a possible extent of (proto-)Celtic influence around1000 BC |
| Celts in Europe |
| Celts in Europe |
| Celts: Hallstatt (yellow) and La Tène (green) cultures |
| Germanic tribes (750 BC-1) |
| ancient Thrace,map made in 1585 |
| West Mediterranean Areas 509 BC |
| West Mediterranean Areas 348 BC |
| West Mediterranean Areas 306 BC |
| West Mediterranean Areas 279 BC |
| Europe in 220 BC |
| Territorial development of theRoman Empire 264 BC-192 |
| TheRoman Republic andCarthage in 218, just prior to theSecond Punic War |
| The migrations of the Cimbri and the Teutons |
| Roman Republic 100 BC |
| Map of theRoman Empire in 50 |
| The extent of theRoman Republic andRoman Empire; |
| Map of the Roman republic, with provinces |
| Europe in 60 |
| Map of theRoman Empire in 116 |
| Roman Empire in 117 |
| The division of the Empire after the death ofTheodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders. |
| Western Roman Empire 395 |
| Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 |
| Division of the Roman Empire in 406 |
| Europe in 395 |
| The Germanic migrations of the fifth century were triggered by the destruction of the Gothic kingdoms by theHuns in 372-375. The city of Rome was captured and looted by theVisigoths in 410 and by theVandals in 455. |
| Europe in 400 |
| Europe in 450 |
| TheHuns Empire. By the end of 454, it will have collapsed. |
| Vandals in 455 |
| Europe in 476 |
| [[|border|251x400px]] | Europe in 526 |
| Europe in 526-600 |
| [[|border|251x400px]] | Austrasia and Neustria |
| The Frankish Empire |
| Europe in 814 |
| The growth of Frankish power, 481–814, showing Francia as it originally was after the crumbling of the Western Roman Empire |
| Until his death in 814,Charlemagne ruled an empire which included modern Catalonia, France, western Germany, the Low Countries, and northern Italy. |
| Final division of the Frankish Empire in theTreaty of Verdun |
| Divisions after 843 |
| Europe in 843-870 |
| Divisions in 870 |
| UnderOtto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the Holy Roman Empire included Germany, northern Italy, Austria, and the Netherlands |
| Voyages ofthe Vikings |
| Europe in 998 |
| Europe About A.D. 1000 |
| Kingdom of Ivar Vidfamne |
| Empire of Cnut 1014-1035 |
| Europe in 1092 |
| Europe in 1097 |
| Crusades around 1097 |
| Norman possessions in the 12th century |
| Europe in 1142 |
| Europe 1190 |
| Eurasia in 1200 |
| Europe in 1328 |
| Black Death 1347-1351 |
| Europe in the 14th Century |
| Europe in 1360 |
| theWestern Schism 1378-1417 |
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| German map of Europe around 1395 |
| Europe in 1400 |
| Europe in 1430 |
| Europe in 1470 |
| Europe in 1477 |
| [[|border|251x400px]] | Europe in 1490 |
| Europe in 1519 |
| Habsburg dominions 1547 |
| Empire of Charles V: |
| The (Habsburg) Empire of Charles I/V |
| Europe in 1550 |
| European religions in 1560 |
| Habsburg Empire in 1547 |
| Area ruled by the Habsburg king around 1580 on a map showing modern-day state borders |
| Thirty Years War map |
| Europe in 1648 |
| Europe in 1700 |
| Europe in 1740 |
| Western and Southern Europe (1791) |
| Northern and Eastern Europe (1791) |
| Europe (1794) |
| Central Europe after the Peace of Basel and the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797) |
| Europe (1799) |
| France and its sister republics (1799) |
| Europe after the Treaty of Lunéville (1801) |
| Strategic situation of Europe (1801) |
| Europe in 1811 |
| The French Empire in 1811 |
| The French Empire and satellite states (1811) |
| The French Empire and satellite states (1812) |
| Europe in 1812 |
| Europe in 1815 |
| Europe in 1848 |
| Europe in 1867 |
| Europe in 1871 |
| Europe in 1878 |
| Europe in 1890 |
| Europe in 1911 |
| Europe in 1914 |
| Europe in 1914 |
| Europe in 1914-24 |
| Europe in 1929-1939 |
| Europe 1935-1939 |
| Animated map World War II in Europe |
| Europe 1939 |
| Europe 1940 |
| Europe 1941 |
| Europe 1941-1942 |
| Atlantic wall may 1944 |
| europe 1943-1945 |
| World War II in Europe 1939-1945 |
| Western front 1940 I |
| Western Front 1940 II |
| Western front 1940 III |
| Europe in 1941/42 |
| Eastern Front 1941-I |
| Eastern Front 1941-II |
| Eastern Front 1942 |
| Eastern Front 1943 I |
| Eastern Front 1943 II |
| Eastern Front 1944 |
| Eastern Front 1945 |
| Divided Europe 1945-1990 |
| Cold War economic alliances |
| Cold War military alliances |
| NATO versusWarsaw Pact 1949-1960 |
| Marshall Plan |
| Europe in 1993-2006 |
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| Europe in 2006 to date |
| Roman Provinces in the Balkan |
| Balkan 1340 |
| Balkan 1518 |
| North Turkey in Europe 1726 |
| Balkan 1801 |
| Map of the Austrian Military Frontier (in German) |
| Post-Roman Conquest Balkans,map made in 1849 |
| Roman era Balkans |
| Ethnographic map of European Turkey and the vassal states (1861) |
| Balkan 1912 |
| Balkans in 1913 |
| Balkan belligerants 1914 |
| Former Yugoslavia wartime (1990-) |
| Western Balkan until 2006 |
| Central Balkans in 2010 (de facto situation). Note: Serbia does not recognizing Independence of Kosovo. |
| Caucasus 1729 |
| Caucasus 1842 |
| Caucasus History Map |
| Caucasus |
| Ethnic map of the Caucasus |
| Pre-Roman tribes in western Iberia |
| Celts in Iberia (200 BC) |
| File:Ethnographic Iberia 200 BC.PNG | Ethnographic Iberia 200 BC |
| Prehispanic languages and tribes |
| Prehispanic languages |
| Paleohispanic writing systems excluding proper Lusitanian |
| Hispania under the Roman republic |
| Lusitania in the Roman Empire (116) |
| Astur-Cantabrian war |
| Hispania under Octavio César Augusto (29-19 a. J. C.), after the Cantabrians Wars |
| Hispania under Dioclecian, 293 AC |
| Roman provinces in Iberia |
| Roman province ofLusitania |
| Roman Lusitania |
| Iberian Peninsula Around 476 AC |
| Iberian Peninsula Around 560 AC |
| Iberian Peninsula Around 560 AC |
![]() | Iberian Peninsula in 565 |
| Iberian Peninsula Around 586 AC |
| Visigoths migrations |
| Kingdom of theVisigoths |
| Visigoths andSueves |
| Kingdom of Suvean Galicia |
| Iberian Peninsula in 700 |
| Conquest by theCaliphs |
| Empire of theAlmoravides (in English) |
| Emirate of Cordoba |
| File:Iberia 1031 (norsk).jpg | Iberia in 1031 |
| [[|border|251x400px]] | Iberia in 1031 |
| Taifas in 1080 |
| [[|border|251x400px]] | Reconquista |
| Reconquista |
| [[|border|251x400px]] | Conquest of Andalus |
General remarks:
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