Editing Europe

[[File:Europe_topography_map_en.png|thumb|Europe]]

'''Europe''' is a continent in the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. There are over 700 million humans that live there. 

In the last five hundred years Europe developed an advanced civilization that made it a world leader in [[technology]], [[finance]], [[trade]], and [[exploration]].  European nation-states at one time controlled most of the land on the planet, and achieved hegemony at sea.  In the early 20th century, Europeans engaged in two disastrous [[world war]]s, causing enormous economic and human losses, and leading to a general decline in their culture and world standing.

The majority of Europeans are [[Christianity|Christians]], with [[Protestantism|Protestants]] generally being in the north, [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]] in the south, and [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] in the east.  There are pockets of [[Islam|Muslims]] in Albania and Turkey, and expanding numbers in all the other countries.  There used to be a large [[Judaism|Jewish]] presence in eastern Europe.  Most of them were killed during [[World War II]], and many of the remainder fled to Israel or the United States soon after.

Some of the countries there are as follows:
* [[Denmark]]
* [[Finland]]
* [[France]]
* [[Germany]]
* [[Iceland]]
* [[Italy]]
* [[Norway]]
* [[Poland]]
* [[Portugal]]
* [[Russia]] (part; most is in [[Asia]])
* [[Spain]]
* [[Sweden]]
* [[United Kingdom]]

The term is also used loosely to mean the [[European Union]], although not all European countries are in the Union.

==Wars==
*[[Persian Wars]]
*[[Peloponnesian War]]
*[[Punic Wars]]
*[[Gallic Wars]]
*[[Thirty Years' War]]
*[[Seven Years' War]]
*[[Napoleonic Wars]]
*[[Franco-Prussian War]]
*[[World War I]]
*[[World War II]]

==See also==
* [[European languages]]

[[Category:Geography]]
[[category:continents]]
[[category:europe]]