«Encyclopedia of European Peoples» is an A-to-Z reference to the people of Europe, from ancient to modern times, summarizing their origin, language, history, culture, and relationship to other people. This encyclopedia includes entries on all people that for a time maintained a cultural identity. Thus, the reader will be able to find entries on the Gauls and Normans, but also an entry on the «French: nationality,» that describes who they are today with cross-references to the various ancestral people. Main entries begin with a fact sheet and a timeline and conclude with a further reading section. Sidebars are placed throughout, outlining the biographiesof individuals critical to the shaping of European history, and approximately 200 black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and maps add to the engaging text.Contents include a master alphabetical list of entries, with alternate names and language families or other classifications entries organized by language family, ethnicity, nationalities, or regions a table listing the languages of Europe, past and present a summary of the geography of Europe a summary of the prehistoric hominids once inhabiting that continent a list of individuals mentioned in the text, organized alphabetically according to European people and an alphabetical list of those individuals featured in biographical sidebars, citing the entries where the sidebars are located.

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