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European cultures around 1200 BC | Larger version | Source

Romance languages in Europe 200 AD | Larger version | Source

Races in Europe – 1916 | Larger version | Source

Racial map of Europe 1923 | Larger version | Source

Core and periphery of Europe | Larger version | Source

Europe’s North South Divides | Larger version | Source

Formal culture regions of Europe | Larger version | Source

Ethnic composition in Bosnia Herzegovina in 1991 | Larger version | Source

Ethnic composition in Bosnia Herzegovina in 2005 | Larger version | Source

Ethnolinguistic groups in the Caucasus | Larger version | Source

Slavic languages in Europe | Larger version | Source

Languages of Europe 1 | Larger version | Source

Languages of Europe 2 | Larger version | Source

How blond is Europe? | Larger version | Source | Further info

How fair-eyed is Europe? | Larger version | Source | Further info

With every map there comes:

• a small version – the one you see, 500 pixels wide,
• and, underneath the image, a descriptive title
• a link to a larger version (1000 pixels wide) for download, and
• a link to the source.

Please note that the copyright license of our blog only allow the use of these maps for noncommerical purposes, and that moreover the license of most maps only allow their use for educational purposes. Thanks for respecting that!

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Era of the crusades 1 – around 1000 | Larger version | Source

Era of the crusades 2 – around 1200 | Larger version | Source

Invasions of the Roman Empire | Larger version | Source

The Ottoman Empire | Larger version | Source

The 30 Years’ War | Larger version | Source

Revolutionary Europe around 1800 | Larger version | Source

Colonialism – the example of Africa | Larger version | Source

Europe before WW I | Larger version | Source

Europe after WW I | Larger version | Source

Europe during WW II – 1941-1942 | Larger version | Source

Europe during WW II – 1943-1945 | Larger version | Source

WW II – Concentration camps | Larger version | Source

Europe if the Nazis had won the war | Larger version | Source

Cold war – military alliances | Larger version | Source

Cold war – economic alliances | Larger version | Source

The wars in former Yugoslavia | Larger version | Source

The war in Chechnya | Larger version | Source

The conflicts in Georgia | Larger version | Source

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | Larger version | Source

The Transnistria-Gagauzia conflicts | Larger version | Source

Europe in Afghanistan | Larger version | Source

Europe in Iraq | Larger version | Source