Europe is a continent that is a major center of civilization. Europe’s first civilization location is in the Greek civilization. There are other civilizations in Europe such as the Celtics the Germanics, and the Nordics but they aren’t centralized nations yet.
The first great European empire is the Roman empire. The Romans were based in Italy, but over time they gradually conquered the whole region around the Mediterranean sea and western Europe. After the roman empire fell the vacuum was filled by the Germanic people and other groups of barbarians. The creation of all the countries has some roots in the wreckage and eventual resettlement of barbarians.
Europe was among the most powerful civilization in the world for several centuries. The European nations conquered and colonized almost the whole world which brought them great wealth. Europe for several centuries has been the main center of politics and wars in the world. Causing several world wars.