A Guide to European History

Description

The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe, classical antiquity, the middle age and the modern era. The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48000 years ago, during the paleolithic era. A European identity took shape in the work of Hugo Grotius, Whose De Jure Belli (1625; on the law of war and peace) was a plea for the spirit of law in international relations. This book discovers the history of modern Europe began at the hundred years war and ending at the present time. A chronological perspective of history is attempted within this text.