Europe

Europe is one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus region (specification of borders) and the Black Sea to the southeast. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean and other bodies of water to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast. Yet the borders for Europe is a concept dating back to classical antiquity which are somewhat arbitrary, as the term continent can refer to a cultural and political distinction or a physiographic one.

Europe is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area. Of Europe's approximately 50 states, Russia is the largest by both area and population (although the country has territory in both Europe and Asia), while the Vatican City is the smallest. Europe is the third-most populous continent after Asia and Africa, with a population of 731 million or about 11% of the world's population.

Europe, in particular Ancient Greece, is the birthplace of Western culture. It played a predominant role in global affairs from the 16th century onwards, especially after the beginning of colonialism. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, European nations controlled at various times the Americas, most of Africa, Oceania, and large portions of Asia. Both World Wars were largely focused upon Europe, greatly contributing to a decline in Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid-20th century as the United States and Soviet Union took prominence. During the Cold War, Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain between NATO in the west and the Warsaw Pact in the east. European integration led to the formation of the Council of Europe and the European Union in Western Europe, both of which have been expanding eastward since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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[CptDabog]

hi, where did you get those beautiful pictures? I would like to add some of them to my desktop background wallpapers....

[EUofficial]

@CptDabog everywhere on internet

[StellandBlood]

@mudlogga

Both terms had the exact same origin,in ancient Greece,same cartographers and maps,everything they could judge back then was Southern Balkans,Anatolia,Phoenicia,and Egypt,existing sea between Balkans and Anatolia,the division of 2 continents made sense for  them,and it remained,being ignorantly expanded afterwards.

And as such the continent shouldn´t be called Asia,but Euro-Asia.

[mudlogga]

sorry, but we need to demote europe to eurasia, its not a continent, its part of asia, period, pluto is no longer a planet, and their should only be 6 continental land masses, because thats all there is.

[5partan110]

awesome pictures and perfect music

liked it :)

[EuroAmerican02]

Greetings from your Hungarian friend in the U.S.! Just stopped by to view your recent video (above), and wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed it. The only suggestion I have to improve is to label the names of the cities and/or countries on the pics. I recognized the ones from my native Hungary, Budapest in particular, but not so much the others. How truly nice it would be if we could personally visit and enjoy each one of these locations! They ALL look wonderful.

[ELCASTIGADOR99]

So beautiful this video!!

Regards!

[Athenaikos]

Nice!