The Culture of Europe might better be described as a series of overlapping cultures of Europe. Whether it be a question of West as opposed to East; Catholicism and Protestantism as opposed to Eastern Orthodoxy; Christianity as opposed to Islam; many have claimed to identify cultural faultlines across the continent.

Europe has been a cradle for many cultural innovations and movements, such as Humanism, that have consequently been spread across the globe. The Renaissance of classical ideas influenced the development of art and literature far beyond the confines of the continent.

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	EUROPA - Culture - European Commission - Culture - Portal - homepage (183 words) The European Culture Portal provides information on these policies and directs you to specialised sites where you can find more detailed information, such as the Culture site, which specialises in aid for cultural cooperation in Europe. Intercultural Dialogue conference and exhibition the 22-23 of November 2006 - Headquarters of The Committee of the Regions - Brussels The European Community ratified the UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity Introduction (1568 words) In the least friendly assessments of the European Middle Ages, the period is a kind of holding pattern, a temporary bathroom break on the way to the revival of classical culture in the fourteenth century. European history until the 1300's or 1400's is largely characterized by two main historical tendencies: contant disruption of populations and migration, and multiculturalism. The technology which began the standardizattion of the disparate European cultures was Christianity; the myth that would cement this standard identity was a myth of common origin in the cultures of Greece and Rome (and mythical classical cultures such as Troy).
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