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N. Geoffrey Parker
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Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History, Ohio State University. Author of The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800.

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An antique black and white map of Europe from the Encyclopaedia Britannica First Edition, showing detailed outlines and place names for countries including Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Anatolia, Poland, Russia, Italy, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Lapland, and Denmark. The map features ornate script for the word Europe and dense labeling of regions and bodies of water.
History of Europe, history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates. Its western frontiers seem clearly defined by its…
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