Europe

Europe was a continent on the planet Earth, forming the western part of Eurasia. The continent was bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Things attributed to Europe were identified as European.
In the mid-14th century, the bubonic plague resulted in the death of over half of Europe's population. ()
According to , when Petrarch climbed Mont Ventoux, he viewed the whole of Europe and believed he was witnessing the birth of a new age, the Renaissance. ()
In the mid-20th century, the assignment patch for Apollo 8 included Western Europe in its design. ()
As of 2000, Lieutenant McMillan was to participate in a joint NASA mission to the International Space Station with the Europeans, scheduled for 2003. ()
In the 2020s, Europe was affected by political problems. A guest at a party held by Chris Brynner in 2024 thought Europe was "falling apart," while expressing confidence that such troubles would never occur in the United States, an opinion that Jadzia Dax quickly shot down. ()
During the early 22nd century, the European Hegemony was formed, a loose alliance which represented the first stirrings towards world government. ()
A 21st century-era political map of Earth was stored in the 's library computer in 2254. The European continent was seen on this map. This map was among the materials viewed by the Talosians when they scanned the Enterprise computer. ()
By the early 24th century, the European Alliance existed. ()
== European countries ==
Europe was made up of a large number of countries, including:
* Austria
* Armenia
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Old Britain
** England
** Scotland
* Turkey
== Other subjects ==
* Continental cuisine
* European Space Agency
* Western Europe
== Background information ==
Retroactive continuity: Several 20th century-era maps depicting Africa, or portions of it, were stored in the library computer in 2254. These maps included a continent projections map, an eastern hemisphere map, a political map of the northern hemisphere, and a statistical map. These maps were among the materials viewed by the Talosians when they scanned the Enterprise computer. ()
Decades later, a Central Intelligence Agency map was used for the remastered "The Cage". This map was published either in April 2007 or September 2008. The difference, which was not noticeable at the resolution of the image from the episode, was the addition of Kosovo, which gained independence from Serbia between the releases.
File:Earth continents.jpg|Europe on a map of Earth's continents.
File:Earth map, 20th century, Northern Hemisphere.jpg|Europe on a 20th century-era political map of Earth's northern hemisphere. 
File:Eastern Europe map.jpg|Eastern Europe on a statistical map
File:Statistical map.jpg|Europe on a statistical map.
Features from the CIA map	Features from the CIA map	Features from the CIA map
Country 	Capital 	Notes
Albania 	Tirana 	A southern European country.
Andorra 	 	A southern European country.
Austria 	Vienna 	A central European country.
Belarus 	Minsk 	An eastern European country. Major city - Homyel.
Belgium 	Brussels 	A western European country.
Bosnia and Herzegovina 	Sarajevo 	A southern European country.
Bulgaria 	Sofia 	An eastern European country.
Croatia 	Zagreb 	A southern European country.
Czech Republic 	Prague 	A central European country.
Denmark 	Copenhagen 	A northern European country.
Estonia 	Tallinn 	A northern European country.
Faroe Islands 	Tórshavn 	A North Atlantic Ocean territory of Denmark.
Finland 	Helsinki 	A northern European country.
France 	Paris 	A western European country. Major cities - Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse.
Germany 	Berlin 	A western European country. Major cities - Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich.
Gibraltar 	 	A territory of the United Kingdom in Spain.
Greece 	Athens 	A southern European country.
Guernsey 	 	A territory of the United Kingdom in the channel between that country and France.
Hungary 	Budapest 	A eastern European country.
Iceland 	Reykjavik 	A northern European country.
Ireland 	Dublin 	A northern European country.
Isle of Man 	 	A territory of the United Kingdom in the channel between that country and Ireland.
Italy 	Rome 	A southern European country. Major cities - Genoa, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Turin.
Jersey 	 	A territory of the United Kingdom in the channel between that country and France.
Latvia 	Riga 	A northern European country.
Liechtenstein 	 	A western European country.
Lithuania 	Vilnius 	A northern European country.
Luxembourg 	Luxembourg 	A western European country.
Macedonia 	Skopje 	A southern European country.
Malta 	Valletta 	A southern European country.
Moldova 	Chişinău 	An eastern European country.
Monaco 	 	A southern European country.
Montenegro 	Podgorica 	A southern European country.
Netherlands 	Amsterdam 	A western European country.
Norway 	Oslo 	A northern European country.
Poland 	Warsaw 	A central European country. Major cities - Kraków, Łódź.
Portugal 	Lisbon 	A southern European country. Major city - Porto.
Romania 	Bucharest 	An eastern European country.
Russia 	Moscow 	An eastern European country. Major cities - Anadyr', Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Barnaul, Chelyabinsk, Cherskly, Chita, Irkutsk, Izhevsk, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Murmansk, Nizhnly Novgorod, Noril'sk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Perm', Petrapavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Pevek, Providenya, Rostov, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Saratov, Tiksi, Tomsk, Tyumen', Ufa, Ul'yanovsk, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yakutsk, Yaroslavl', Yekterinburg.
San Marino 	 	A southern European country.
Serbia 	Belgrade 	A southern European country.
Slovakia 	Bratislava 	A central European country.
Slovenia 	Ljubljana 	A southern European country.
Spain 	Madrid 	A southern European country. Major cities - Barcelona, Bilbao, Málaga, Seville, Valencia.
Svalbard 	Longyearbyen 	An Arctic Ocean territory of Norway.
Sweden 	Stockholm 	A northern European country.
Switzerland 	Berne 	A western European country.
Ukraine 	Kyiv 	An eastern European country. Major cities - Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa.
United Kingdom 	London 	A northern European country. Major cities - Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds.
Vatican City 	 	A southern European country.
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