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What Every American Should Know About Europe

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by Melissa L. Rossi


  Sudetenland, 347

  Suleyman the Magnificent, 395

  Sweden, 3, 4, 226, 227, 228, 229, 235, 236, 238, 263, 264, 287, 320 (see also Scandinavia)

  current leaders/famous people of, 256–258

  economy of, 245, 251, 253

  famous places and landmarks of, 254–256

  fast facts about, 242–243

  hate crimes/neo-Nazis in, 247–248, 249, 250, 257

  history of, 251–254

  overview of, 243–251

  U.S. and, 246, 253, 254

  World War II and, 248, 252

  Swift, Jonathan, 124

  Switzerland, 98, 200

  Sykes-Picot Agreement, 73–74

  Szpilman, Wladyslaw, 293

  Talat, Mehmet Ali, 378, 389

  Tallinn, Estonia, 324, 325, 327–328

  Tartu, Estonia, 328

  Taylor, Charles, 185

  Telefonica, 134

  Teresa of Ávila, Saint, 153

  Teresa of León, 159, 160

  Thatcher, Margaret, 78

  Thebes, Greece, 216

  Theselius, Mats, 250

  Thirty Years War, 44, 143

  Thucydides, 215

  Thule U.S. Air Force Base, 237

  Tiberius, 92

  Tintin, 116

  Tiso, Jozef, 364, 366

  Tito, Josip Broz, 369, 370, 371, 376

  Tordesillas, Treaty of, 162

  Tornatore, Giuseppe, 101

  Torvalds, Linus, 261–262, 267

  Transylvania, 305, 309

  Treblinka, 288

  Trevithick, Richard, 60

  Trianon, Treaty of, 302, 303

  Turkey, 209, 210–211, 213, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 379, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 387, 395

  Tuscany, Italy, 100

  Uddebo, Sweden, 250–251

  Ukraine, 200, 228, 302

  Ulster Defense Association, 127, 128

  Ulster Volunteer Force, 128

  United Kingdom/Britain, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15, 20, 25, 26, 29, 50, 113, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143, 149, 160, 163, 183, 218, 219, 303, 304, 395, 396, 399

  attacks of 7/7, 63

  colonies of, 67, 68–69, 72–73, 74–75

  current leaders/famous people of, 81–85

  Cyprus and, 378, 381, 382, 383, 384, 386

  economy of, 62

  famous places and landmarks of, 79–80

  fast facts about, 57–58

  history of, 66–79

  Ireland and, 119, 120, 121, 123–128

  overview of, 58–66

  U.S. and, 3, 61, 68, 77, 78

  World War I and, 47, 73, 75, 220

  World War II and, 49, 54, 75–77, 203, 204, 205

  United Nations, 11, 27, 118, 137, 173, 184, 186, 196, 231, 234, 235, 304, 380, 383, 385, 387

  United States

  Austria and, 195, 196, 205

  Baltic States and, 321, 322

  Cyprus and, 381, 382, 383

  Czechoslovakia and, 348

  Czech Republic and, 358

  Denmark and, 237

  Finland and, 262

  France and, 9, 10–11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 28, 29, 30

  Germany and, 40, 41, 42–43, 50, 51, 54, 374

  Greece and, 212, 221

  Hungary and, 303, 304

  Poland and, 281–282, 285

  Slovakia and, 362–363

  Slovenia and, 374

  Spain and, 144

  Sweden and, 246, 253, 254

  United Kingdom and, 3, 61, 68, 77, 78

  Uspaskich, Viktor, 345

  Valencia, Spain, 135, 140, 149

  Valle de los Caídos, Spain, 150

  Valletta, Malta, 390, 391, 394, 398

  Van der Graaf, Volkert, 176

  Van Dyck, Anthony, 183

  Van Gogh, Theo, 174, 176, 185

  Van Gogh, Vincent, 23, 34, 174, 187

  Vanhanen, Matti, 260, 267

  Van Linschoten, Jan Huygen, 180

  Vatican, 96, 99, 100, 166, 283, 284

  Velásquez, Diego, 141

  Velvet Divorce, 351, 358

  Velvet Revolution, 350, 358

  Venice, Italy, 93, 116

  Venizelos, Eleftherios, 219–220

  Ventspils, Latvia, 334

  Verhoeven, Paul, 188

  Verhofstadt, Guy, 105, 115

  Vermeer, Johannes, 183

  Versailles, Treaty of, 47, 49, 75, 252

  Vespucci, Amerigo, 141

  Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 96

  Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 97

  Victoria, Queen of England, 67, 69

  Vienna, Austria, 48, 182, 190, 191, 197, 198, 202, 203, 204, 206, 280, 307, 346, 377

  Vike-Freiberga, Vaira, 315, 316, 317, 323, 330, 331, 334–335

  Vikings, 66, 73, 226, 228, 229, 238

  Villepin, Dominique de, 7, 35

  Vilnius Brigade, 339, 345

  Vilnius, Lithuania, 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 343

  VinItaly, 102

  Vitolins, Andris, 333

  Vlaams Belang, 110

  Vlaams Blok, 108, 110, 196

  Voltaire, 19

  Wagner, Richard, 46, 55

  Waldheim, Kurt, 196, 197

  Wales, 71, 74, 80 (see also United Kingdom)

  Walesa, Lech, 281, 285, 291–292, 293, 295, 358

  Wallenberg, Raoul, 252

  Wallonia, Belgium, 107, 110, 113

  “War on Terror,” 61

  Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 289

  Warsaw Pact, 51, 303, 304, 309, 348, 349

  Warsaw, Poland, 279, 289, 293

  Waterloo, Battle of, 21, 112

  Watson-Watt, Alexander, 61

  Watt, James, 60

  Werner, Pierre, 272

  Wiesenthal, Simon, 197, 204

  Wilde, Oscar, 119, 130–131

  Wilhelm I of Germany, 46

  Wilhelm II of Germany, 46, 47, 201, 219

  Willem-Alexander, Crown Prince of the Netherlands, 187

  William, Prince, 82, 83

  William the Conqueror, 18

  William the Silent, 179, 186

  Windsor, Treaty of, 160

  Wingquist, Sven, 247

  Wittelsbach, Otto, 219

  Wolfersohn, James, 263

  Yalta Conference, 11, 26, 50

  Yankovic, Frankie, 377

  Yugoslavia, 100, 185, 194, 201, 206, 247, 277, 315, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371–373, 376

  Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez, 132, 137, 138, 151

  Zappa, Frank, 340, 349, 350, 351

  Zaremba, Maciej, 249

  Zhirinovsky, Vladimir, 322, 335, 337

  Zidane, Zinedine, 14

 

 

 


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