Editing Regions of Europe (section)

== Historical divisions ==
Europe can be divided along many differing historical lines, normally corresponding to those parts that were inside or outside a particular cultural phenomenon, empire or political division. The areas varied at different times, and so it is arguable as to which were part of some common historical entity (e.g., were Germany or Britain part of Roman Europe as they were only partly and relatively briefly part of the Empire—or were the countries of the former communist [[Yugoslavia]] part of the [[Eastern Bloc]], since it was not in the [[Warsaw Pact]]).{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* [[Greek East and Latin West]]:  those parts that fell into the eastern ([[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]) and [[Western Roman Empire|Western Roman Empires]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* [[Roman Catholicism in Europe|Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe]]: those parts on either side of the [[East–West Schism|Great Schism]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* After [[Reformation]]: countries of [[Western Christianity]] (Catholic and Protestant Churches) and [[Eastern Christianity]] (Eastern Orthodox Church, Assyrian Church of the East, Oriental Orthodox churches and the Eastern Catholic Churches){{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
** [[Protestantism in Europe|Protestant]] and [[Catholic Europe]]:  those parts that, in the main, left the Catholic Church during the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] contrasted with those that did not.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* [[Communism|Communist]] Europe ([[Eastern Bloc]]), [[Capitalism|Capitalist]] Europe ([[Western Bloc]]): those parts on either side of the [[Iron Curtain]] and third world countries (neutral and non-aligned during the Cold War).{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}