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EUROPEAN HISTORY - FROM PREHISTORY TO 19TH CENTURY

The World History cannot be completed without the history of Europe as different nations of the European Continent always played major role in the political, economic and scientific history of world. From classical period to modern era, you will find one or more European nations on the fore-front of World Politics. Prehistoric Period According to an estimate, Europe was initially inhabited by humans between 45,000 and 25,000 BC. It was the  Paleolithic (stone) Period. Around 7000 BC, they adopted agriculture during Neolithic (New stone) Period. This period lasted for about 4000 years in Europe. The period was replaced by Bronze Age. The technical advancements in these periods came through the Mediterranean people in the south and gradually spread to the northwest Europe. Few of the famous civilizations of Bronze Age were Minoan (27 th Century-15 th Century BC) and Mycenaean (1600-1100 BC), both in modern-day Greece.  Classical Period The classical period in Europe is