1498 Discovery Renaissance and Reformations Portugal
Vasco da Gama reaches India
The sea route to the spices opens; Europe’s economy shifts from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
A shared history
European construction did not begin in 1950. This thread links the ancient inheritance, the Judeo-Christian matrix and the contemporary Union.
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Ancient Greece
Early Middle Ages
Renaissance
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Concert of Europe
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Renaissance 1 event1950 1974
European integration 1 event1969 Discovery Contemporary period Norway
Discovery of Ekofisk
North Sea oil transforms the economy and founds the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund.
2000 2024
European integration 1 event2005 Discovery Contemporary period Estonia
First national online vote
Estonia becomes the first country in the world to hold elections over the internet.