The Cold War was not necessarily always cold in temperature, but the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union sure was frigid! Scholars read various passages, view exhibition graphics, and observe an artifact from the...

This useful tutorial includes information about the economy, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire and other important topics pertaining to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transition in European history. Easy to...

This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...

Exhaustive collection of resources and information on Eastern European, Slavic, and Eurasian cultures and histories.

Webcasting home of the European Parliament streams video of parliamentary sessions and related business and news. With special selections on the history of the parliament, key events, and how the parliament works.

This section of the web page has a collection of resources on early European witch hunts as well as some of the Salem witch trials.

A handy chronology of the European Union from the years 1946 to 2000. Click on the year you're interested in for more information.

Created for the high school student who is taking classes in European history.

This article provides insight regarding the migrations of the Huns into Europe.

This site provides an excellent lecture providing a wealth of information about the events of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Cities in Central Europe were required to expand their infrastructure due to industrialization and an increase in the need for workers. This exhibit details and illustrates the shift and growth through modern architecture of the era.

Find out more about the origins of the European Union, the challenges it faces, and its role in the world and in member countries. Downloadable as a PDF (requires Adobe Reader).

A very quick look at the chronology of Western European civilization from the Ancient Period to the Global Period.

Five-part article looks at World War I through the prism of Europe's royal families, particularly the families of George V of England and his cousin Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Archived.

An in-depth paper on the literature of Hungary and how it "voluntarily accepted an obligation to find a solution for the 'life-and-death questions' of national history and national life."

Read about President Truman's two-pronged foreign policy for Europe. Find out about his containment policy and the Truman Doctrine, which was manifested in the Marshall Plan.

Although Americans remained isolationist in their thinking, President Roosevelt understood that the European allies needed help against the Germans. Read about the incremental ways America became involved in World War II in Europe...

This article from McGraw-Hill Higher Education discusses European exploration in the late 1400s and 1500s and its impact on English colonization hundreds of years later.

An essay detailing early English and French exploration and settlement in the New World to challenge Spanish control.

Great reference source that takes you on a virtual trip to the Eastern European country of Estonia. Background overview is given on its art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy, and government. There are numerous...

Features a broad country profile of the tiny European nation of Liechtenstein, background details, and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...

Features a virtual destination guide and country profile of the European nation of Croatia, background details, and numerous links to in-depth information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, tourism, environment,...

Features a country profile of the European nation of Belgium, background overview, and numerous links to extensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news, tourism, government, and...

A great reference source for getting a country profile of the little European nation of Luxembourg. Offers background details, and numerous links to key information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...