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The history of Europe is a long and storied tale. Ever since humans arrived in Europe around 48,000 years ago, the continent has witnessed a vast tableau of stories being told – the rise and fall of empires and political systems, the march of science and technology, agricultural societies transformed into industrial ones, wars won and lost, and many more tales.
DeviantArtist ImperialMaps has taken it upon themselves to chronicle the history of Europe by compiling a series of maps showing what the continent looked like politically throughout its many years. Currently, their maps extend between 1444 and 1900, but they have plans to extend the covered time period…
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Europe in November 1444, after the Battle of Varna and the end of the Crusade of Varna
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Europe in January 1500, at the beginning of the early modern period
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Europe in 1550, during the Protestant Reformation
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Europe in the summer of 1600, during the Long Turkish War and the Dutch Revolt
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Europe in 1648, after the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia and the end of the Thirty Years’ War
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Europe in January 1700, just before the Great Northern War and the War of the Spanish Succession
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Europe on February 1, 1733, just before the War of the Polish Succession
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Europe in 1740, just before the War of the Austrian Succession
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Europe in 1748, after the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and the end of the War of the Austrian Succession
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Europe in 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution
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Europe in January 1799, just before the War of the Second Coalition
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Europe on June 1, 1812, at the height of the First French Empire
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Europe in 1815, after the Congress of Vienna
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Europe in January 1848, on the eve of the Springtime of Nations
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Europe in 1900, on the dawn of the 20th century
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What do you think ?
Verena 37 minutes ago
Don't know, as Europe why this is massively downvoted. The reason why the area of todays Germany was instabile over centuries were the numerous itty-bitty little kingdoms, which made traveling, and thus exchange of ideas and goods, tedious, complicated and expensive. Crossing 5 borders over a distance of 100 km and pay taxes every time prohibited exchange
Verena 37 minutes ago
Don't know, as Europe why this is massively downvoted. The reason why the area of todays Germany was instabile over centuries were the numerous itty-bitty little kingdoms, which made traveling, and thus exchange of ideas and goods, tedious, complicated and expensive. Crossing 5 borders over a distance of 100 km and pay taxes every time prohibited exchange
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