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'''Europe''' is a continent that is separated from [[Asia]] by the Ural and Caucasus Mountains. It is the sixth largest continent and the third most populated.<ref>{{Citation|author=|year=2019|title=World Population Prospects|chapter=|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=United Nations|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> | '''Europe''' is a continent that is separated from [[Asia]] by the Ural and Caucasus Mountains. It is the sixth largest continent and the third most populated.<ref>{{Citation|author=|year=2019|title=World Population Prospects|chapter=|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=United Nations|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> | ||
== History == | |||
Between 1348 and 1350, the Black Death killed 30–60% of the European population, creating a [[labour]] shortage that weakened [[feudalism]] and began the rise of [[Wage slavery|wage labour]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)|Proletarian]]|title=Celebrating Shakespeare: a Marxist-Leninist perspective|date=2016-06-01|url=https://thecommunists.org/2016/06/01/news/culture/celebrating-shakespeare-marxist-leninist-perspective/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208011255/https://thecommunists.org/2016/06/01/news/culture/celebrating-shakespeare-marxist-leninist-perspective/|archive-date=2023-02-08}}</ref> | |||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:20, 7 May 2023
| Europe | |
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| Largest city | Moscow |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,180,000 km² |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 746,419,440 |
Europe is a continent that is separated from Asia by the Ural and Caucasus Mountains. It is the sixth largest continent and the third most populated.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Between 1348 and 1350, the Black Death killed 30–60% of the European population, creating a labour shortage that weakened feudalism and began the rise of wage labour.[2]
Geography[edit | edit source]
Europe has a 37,000 km coastline and is surrounded by the Baltic, Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Seas. It has numerous navigable rivers such as the Volga, Rhine, Danube, and Seine. The North European Plain is an open expanse stretching from Paris to Moscow.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ World Population Prospects (2019). United Nations.
- ↑ "Celebrating Shakespeare: a Marxist-Leninist perspective" (2016-06-01). Proletarian. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08.
- ↑ Neil Faulkner (2013). A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals: 'European Feudalism' (pp. 77–78). [PDF] Pluto Press. ISBN 9781849648639 [LG]