Europe, according to physical aspects and its geological formation, is considered by many scientists as a continent which corresponds to a peninsula of Eurasia, this means the union of Asia and Europe itself, located in the hemisphere north.
Europe is constituted as a continent due to historical events, because in this territory there were main cultural, political and economic dispersions, which expanded its influence internationally.
For a characterization of the main events that occurred in Europe, colonialism, expansion, imperialist, the Roman and Greek civilizations, the Renaissance, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of the first block from the examples cited, it is clear to see that Europe was and still is the stage of the great human achievements.
The cultural separation occurred from two sides, in which, on the one hand, there is the Roman civilization and Greek, both representatives of the European part, on the other side the Asian, Arab, Hindu and Chinese. This was a separation of cultural and not so much physical value, as what was taken into account were cultural, religious and economic disparities, unique to each group.
Currently, with the advanced stage of Globalization, the West has promoted great influence in the East, something that rarely happened in the nineteenth century.
Despite the immense distribution of culture and knowledge from Europe to the world, who really emerged culture for the two continents all came from the Orient, for example, Christianity, the alphabet between others.
The European domination in the world began during the 15th and 16th centuries, through the search for the expansion of its territory, this was made possible through the great navigations, in which it was necessary to extract wealth from other continents to meet the needs of the market in constant expansion, as the number of population.
By having developed the political and cultural aspects internally, it managed to establish dominion over other peoples, as they had knowledge in science, military strategy and technologies.
It was precisely at this time in history that the expressions “civilized” and “savage” were created, these denominations had as main purpose to differentiate the Greco-Roman culture also called classical civilizations and Europeanized.
However, this distinction between two groups can currently be identified, it is enough to observe the group of richest countries in the world, except the United States and Japan, all are European.
In the European concept, the rest of the world is limited to a “site” of economic, environmental and social exploitation, labor and the consumer market. The great Western European metropolises present works with a large amount of gold and silver, acquired at the cost of the work of slaves and natives from the exploitation of the colonies, today there is a great fortune in precious stones kept in institutions financial.
Currently, the European Union represents an offensive against US hegemony that has lasted since its decline. of socialism led by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in which it was the only one to stand up to the USA.
Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
Brazil School Team
Europe - continents - geography - Brazil School
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/geografia/europa-cultural.htm
