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1、TraveltoEurope----Taylor、Kimi、AlexEuropeis,byconvention,oneoftheworld'ssevencontinents. ComprisingthewesternmostpeninsulaofEurasia,EuropeisgenerallydividedfromAsiatoitseastbythewaterdivideoftheUralMountains,theUralRiver,theCaspianSea,andbytheCaucasusMountainstothesoutheast.Europeiswasheduponto
2、thenorthbytheArcticOceanandotherbodiesofwater,tothewestbytheAtlanticOcean,tothesouthbytheMediterraneanSea,andtothesoutheastbytheBlackSeaandthewaterwaysconnectingittotheMediterranean.Yet,thebordersforEurope—aconceptdatingbacktoclassicalantiquity—aresomewhatarbitrary,asthetermcontinentcanreferto
3、aculturalandpoliticaldistinctionoraphysiographicone.Thisarticleisprimarilyaboutthefirsttwoaspects,althoughitreferencesEurope'sgeography. Europeistheworld'ssecond-smallestcontinentbysurfacearea,coveringabout10,180,000squarekilometres(3,930,000sqmi)or2%oftheEarth'ssurfaceandabout6.8%ofitslandar
4、ea.OfEurope'sapproximately50states,Russiaisthelargestbybothareaandpopulation,whiletheVaticanCityisthesmallest.EuropeisthethirdmostpopulouscontinentafterAsiaandAfrica,withapopulationof731millionorabout11%oftheworld'spopulation;however,accordingtotheUnitedNations(mediumestimate),Europe'ssharemay
5、falltoabout7%in2050.ModernWesternEuropeisthebirthplaceofWesternculture.European(particularlyWesternEuropean)nationsplayedapredominantroleinglobalaffairsfromthe16thcenturyonwards,especiallyafterthebeginningofcolonialism.Betweenthe17thand20thcenturies,EuropeannationscontrolledatvarioustimestheAm
6、ericas,mostofAfrica,AustralasiaandlargeportionsofAsia.DemographicchangesandthetwoWorldWarsledtoadeclineinEuropeandominanceinworldaffairsbythemid-20thcenturyastheUnitedStatesandSovietUniontookprominence.DuringtheColdWarEuropewasdividedalongtheIronCurtainbetweenNATOintheWestandtheWarsawPactinthe
7、East.EuropeanintegrationledtotheformationoftheCouncilofEuropeandtheEuropeanUnioninWesternEurope,bothofwhichhavebeenexpandingeastwardsincethefalloftheSovietUnionin1991.Theuseoftheterm"Europe"hasdevelopedgraduallythroughouthistory.Inantiq
