How did Europe move from a collection of impoverished city states and kingdoms to a prosperous state of affairs? Europeans ...

The prosperity of civilizations has long fascinated historians, but a crucial factor often overlooked is the ecological environment. This video delves into why only Japan and Western Europe were ...

The Alqueva dam promised prosperity for Portugal’s parched south. Instead, it’s fuelling a corporate-driven monoculture that ecologists and farmers warn is destroying the land and the way of life that ...

Herzog’s visit to these three small EU states, with a combined population of 6. 1 million, reflects Israel’s effort to secure ...

Contemporary European History covers the history of Eastern and Western Europe, including the United Kingdom, from 1918 to the present. By combining a wide geographical compass with a relatively short ...

For the first time in a millennium, Europe no longer plays a critical role in promoting Western civilization nor in world history at large. Ostensibly it should. Some 750 million people live on ...

WESTERN EUROPE Older than the Rothschilds, more versatile than the Barings or the Hambros, Europe's Warburg-family banking dynasty has prospered ever since it started changing money in 1559.

Archaeology Discovery of partially fossilized face belongs to oldest human ancestor in Western Europe, new study says Researchers hope the discovery will provide some new insights about the first ...

Some parts of Western Europe were starting to cool off as the extreme heat that has gripped the continent moved east. By Lynsey Chutel Nazaneen Ghaffar and Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London ...

Until now, the oldest-known human species in Western Europe was the Homo antecessor. Experts have found Homo antecessor remains that are around 850,000 years old.