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'''Golden Twenties''' or '''Happy Twenties''' is a term, mostly used in [[Europe]], to describe the 1920s, in which most of the continent had an economic bo ...ed to [[Germany]], which during the early 1920s, experienced, like most of Europe, record-breaking levels of inflation of one trillion percent between Januar

...[[kilt]] worn by men of many nations in the Balkans (Southeast Europe). In modern times, the fustanella is part of Balkan folk dresses. In Greece, a short ve

...in the Anglican Communion. Convent schools were among the first schools in Europe to educate [[girl]]s (such as in the Ursulines order (since 1535) and the R ...or sisters: there are also many lay teachers employed in convent schools. Modern convent schools are also co-educating.

..., and then from most of the other major magazines in the United States and Europe. In his later years, he was a resident of Hilton Head Island in South Carol

Following the rise of romantic nationalism, the peasantry of Europe came to serve as models for all that appeared genuine and desirable. Their In modern times, there are instances where traditional garments are required by sumpt

...ientific Revolution, and The General Crisis. This last is characterized in Europe most notably by the Thirty Years' War, the Great Turkish War, the end of th ...exico, which resulted in great bouts of inflation as wealth was drawn into Europe from the rest of the world.

...d the commercial arts adapted Renaissance and eighteenth-century styles to modern forms. In the newly rich United States, emerging from the Panic of 1873, th ...ar show places. After mid-century, railways linked all the major cities of Europe to spa towns like Biarritz and Deauville; their carriages were rigorously d

...turbate-a-Thon was built up by [[Good Vibrations]], which encouraged other modern sex-toy businesses-such as Babeland; A Woman's Touch, in Madison, Wisconsin ...art of its [[Wank Week]] series were abandoned, including programming from Europe's fetish and leather week.

...widely adopted as an artistic medium until the early 15th century. Common modern applications of oil paint are in finishing and protection of wood in buildi

Applied arts largely overlaps with decorative arts, and the modern making of applied art is usually called design. The decorative arts are oft ...er is it for understanding Early Medieval art in Europe. In that period in Europe, fine arts such as manuscript illumination and monumental sculpture existed

...basic concerns are "What defines Homo sapiens?", "Who are the ancestors of modern Homo sapiens?", "What are humans' physical traits?", "How do humans behave? ...higan, Berkeley, Penn). At universities in the United Kingdom, and much of Europe, these "sub-fields" are frequently housed in separate departments and are s

...wing Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in 23 i ...en European colonists, indigenous peoples, African slaves, immigrants from Europe, Asia, and South Asia, and the descendants of these groups.

...s, such as tanned leather. Bone awls were later made in the Aurignacian in Europe, west Asia, and Russia, and also in Tasmania during the Last Glacial Maximu ...n to have targeted fur-bearing animals, such as wolves and arctic foxes in Europe, snow leopards in Central Asia, mole-rats in Africa, and red-necked wallabi

...n dress to distinguish it from the skirt and sleeves. Bodices survive into modern times in the traditional or revived folk dress of many European countries (

...ic cultural exchange, as well as of the export of American jazz culture to Europe. More conservative people, who belonged mostly to older generations, reacte While primarily associated with the United States, this "modern girl" archetype was a worldwide phenomenon that had other names depending o

...t and architecture of the modern world, fueling the Renaissance in Western Europe and again resurgent during various neo-classical revivals in the 18th and 1

The '''Renaissance''' most generally refers to a historic [[Europe]]an period between the 14th and 17th centuries CE. It is the successor of t ...ho insulted or otherwise verbally harassed other men. A predecessor to the modern [[gag]].

== Early Modern Era == Prussia can claim the first modern compulsory system that was widely recognized and copied. It was introduced

...osophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, originating in Greco-Roman [[Egypt]] in the first few ce ...e Hellenistic and Western mystery tradition, the achievement of gnosis. In Europe, the creation of a philosopher's stone was variously connected with all of

...texts of the plays themselves, are remarkably similar to those in earlier modern sitcoms such as I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners. The first television sitc