 | Cultural Regions of Europe "The overarching question of European integration is how far history has conditioned the loyalties of populations, such as to facilitate or impede integration across these four cultural zones" Michael Emerson in "Redrawing the Map of Europe" St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (MacMillan Press, Ltd, London). |
Table 1 Cultural Regions of Europe.after Table 2.2, Principal affinities and divides oflanguage in religion in Michael Emerson in "Redrawingthe Map of Europe" (p. 13)
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Geography: drainage Geography is fundamental to understanding European integration. The North-West cultural region lies predominently within the watershed of the Rhine River and the Baltic Sea into the North Sea.
Culture:The watershed regions were highly relevant to formation of the the four main language groups: Latin, Germanic, Slavonic, and Turkic. The predominent language of the North-West Culture Region is Germanic. See Map 6: language,
Alphabet is at times a political compromise between language and religion, and provides just a three-way split between Latin, Cyrillic/Greek, and Arabic. The predominent alphabet of the North-West is Latin. See map 7: alphabet.
Religion: Equally fundamental is the four-way division of Europe by religion: Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Islam. The predominent relgion of the North-West is Protestant See Map 5: religion
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Geography: drainage Geography is fundamental to understanding European integration. The North-East cultural region lies predominently within the watersheds of the Dniester, Dniepr, Don and Volga Rivers and the Caspian and Black Seas.
Culture:The watershed regions were highly relevant to formation of the the four main language groups: Latin, Germanic, Slavonic, and Turkic. The predominent language of the North-East Culture Region is Slavonic. See Map 6: language,
Religion: Equally fundamental is the four-way division of Europe by religion: Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Islam. The predominent relgion of the North-East is Orthodox Christian. See Map 5: religion
Alphabet is at times a political compromise between language and religion, and provides just a three-way split between Latin, Cyrillic/Greek, and Arabic. The North-East is divided between Latin and Cyrillic. See map 7: alphabet.
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Geography: drainage Geography is fundamental to understanding European integration. South-West cultural region lies predominently within the watershed of the Rhone River and the Western Mediterranean Sea.
Culture:The watershed regions were highly relevant to formation of the the four main language groups: Latin, Germanic, Slavonic, and Turkic. The predominent language of the South-West Culture Region is Latin. See Map 6: language,
Religion: Equally fundamental is the four-way division of Europe by religion: Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Islam. The predominent relgion of the South-West is Catholic. See Map 5: religion
Alphabet is at times a political compromise between language and religion, and provides just a three-way split between Latin, Cyrillic/Greek, and Arabic. The predominent alphabet of the South-West is Latin. See map 7: alphabet.
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Geography: drainage Geography is fundamental to understanding European integration. The North-West cultural region lies predominently within the watershed of the Danube River and Western Black Sea.
Culture:The watershed regions were highly relevant to formation of the the four main language groups: Latin, Germanic, Slavonic, and Turkic. The predominent language of the South-East Culture Region is Turkic. See Map 6: language,
Religion: Equally fundamental is the four-way division of Europe by religion: Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Islam. The predominent relgion of the South-East is Islam. See Map 5: religion
Alphabet is at times a political compromise between language and religion, and provides just a three-way split between Latin, Cyrillic/Greek, and Arabic. There is no predominent alphabet in the South-East region. See map 7: alphabet.