On the eve of World War II, Europe had some 17,000 synagogues. According to the foundation’s database, fewer than 850 remain throughout the continent and in Russia, which is included in the map.

If all the Earth's land ice melted, sea levels would rise over 200 feet. So what would that mean for Europe's coastlines? Produced by Alex Kuzoian. Narrated by Sara Silverstein. Follow BI Video ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists. In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of ...

but much of present-day Europe is based on the lines drawn following the conflict sparked by Princip's bullet. (Pull cursor to the right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 to see ...

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is ... seven continents and five oceans. Europe is a continent.