Europe by cartographer Abraham Ortelius in 1595. The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500).. The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era. More @Wikipedia
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