Europe (Human)

The human geography of Europe is extremely important. This is divided into sections of Balkans, Italy, Iberia, Northwest Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, European Islands, and Scandinavia.

   

Balkans

This includes the southern, mountainous portion of the Balkan peninsula, the home of ancient Greece, and some of the various islands in the Mediterranean sea.

Italy

This includes the Italian peninsula into the Alps and the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and Corsica

Iberia

This includes the Iberian peninsula and the Balearic and Canary Islands.

Northwest Europe

This includes most of what is now France, Germany, Poland, and Denmark.

Island Europe

This includes the British Isles, Iceland, and Greenland.

Central Europe

This includes the area north of the Balkan peninsula, east of the Alps, south of the Carpathian mountains, and west of the Black Sea.

Eastern Europe

This includes the area east of Poland to the Ural Mountains.

Scandinavia

This includes the Scandinavian peninsula.


History

The history of european geography has been considered fascinating to many. Prehistory including early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory can be connected.

Antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 3rd millennium BC, and 2nd millennium BC can be connected. The early 1st millennium BC including the 19th century BC, 9th century BC, 8th century BC, 7th century BC, and 6th century BC can be connected.

 

Classical and medieval history

Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and 1st century BC can be connected. Late classical times incuding the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval times including the 6th century CE, 7th century CE, 8th century CE, 9th century CE, and 10th century CE can be connected. Late medieval times including the 11th century CE, 12th century CE, 13th century CE, 14th century CE, and 15th century CE can be connected.

Modern history

The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected. The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be connected. By the 19th century, European geography was well known and the focus is principally on changes in Europe. I do not yet have details of the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late mid 19th century or late 19th century.

In the 20th century, the focus is on changes in Europe. I do not yet have details of the early 20th century. The early mid 20th century including the arly 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. In the mid-20th century, there were political obstacles to some study of European geography.The early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be connected. In the late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and late 1990s these continued. In the late 20th century, there will be some attention given to population changes in Europe. The early 1980s, late 1980s, and early 1990s can be connected.

Early 21st century

The early 2000s including 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 can be connected. The late 2000s including 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 can be connected. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 including the first quarter 2011 and second quarter 2011 can be connected. may include current events.

Sociology

Peoples of the world

Particular nations including India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Russia can be connected. It is the original home of Western Civilization. Anglic peoples have spread beyond it, but have long occupied part of it. The United States is indirectly and weakly connected. Parts of it have at times been occupied or governed by some Asiatic peoples, and some of those peoples are still found there. China is weakly connected. Middle Eastern peoples have inhabited parts of Europe. The Jewish peoples, Middle Eastern in origin, are still present.

Communities

Communities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, and New York City may be connected.

Social structure and change

Social change including particular changes, social change processes, and social change factors can be connected. Social types including industrial societies, agrarian societies, horticultural societies, and hunting and gathering societies can be connected. Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion including particular religions, religious organization, religious practice, and religious belief can be connected. Government including particular governments, government activity, government structure, and law can be connected. Economics including economic systems, industries, and economic activities can be connected. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be connected. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected.

Culture

Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, language, and graphic arts can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communication technology, transportation technology, clothing and dress, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected.

There are connections with other areas of anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, and human ecology.

European geography is physically connected to Asian geography, and the boundary between these two regions is arbitrary. Southwest Asia is adjacent to Europe. Europe is both separated from and connected to African geography by the Mediterranean sea, Similarly, it is separated from and connected to North America and South America by the Atlantic Ocean. Considerable distance separates it from Oceania. Connection to particular groups will also be significant.

It also depends to some extent on personal studies, not much on the human body or psychology, but most particularly on biographies

This depends considerably on areas of science. Physics, chemistry, and astronomy are only weakly connected, but earth science and biology are definitely significant.


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