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When and how did Northern Europe develop into a wealthy area? For a long time it used to be poor backwater compared to Southern Europe.
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Which countries have risen from poverty to prosperity in short time? How did they manage to do it? (any time period is fine)
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Protestant reformation spread rapidly in Northern and Central Europe in 1500s. Were there attempts to spread reformation in Southern and Eastern Europe as well?
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Today Europe is usually defined as a continent that has its eastern border in Ural, western border in Atlantic, northern in Arctic Ocean and southern in Mediterranean Sea. In what other ways has Europe been defined during history?
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