![]() Roughly 1,000 years separated the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance, the period of “rebirth” in which certain Europeans believed they were recapturing the lost glory of the classical world. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.Once the last remnants of Roman power west of the Balkans were extinguished in the late fifth century CE, the history of Europe moved into the period that is still referred to as “medieval,” meaning “middle” (between). The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country.See the content for the entities concerned. The status of various entities is disputed.Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries. ![]() The same goes for the texts in the history sections. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. ![]() The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections.
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