GEOG 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Debt Crisis, Maastricht Treaty, Berlin Wall
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Catholicism: south, east, protestantism: north, orthodox: southeast. France and germany have sought to protect their cultures. Eu spurring convergence as they want people to identify as european more so than just their country. The nations aren"t just themselves, they are parts to a whole. Many young people identify with common european culture. Contradictory characteristics are throughout the domain such as being unusually fragmented yet increasingly integrated. Ancient greece and the roman empire are two early examples of taking over land. The roman empire was the first unified region. There was an era of feudalism - which was a hierarchical social system of rights where land is owned by peasants in obligation to the king or lord. There become a rise of nationalism and as a product of enlightenment the. The map of europe was redrawn throughout wars. Nationalism inflamed conflict, new borders spurred irredentism, competing ideologies emerged, world war ii split the east and west.
