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sovereign states A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined terri ...

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

, both current and defunct, since the

11th century The 11th century is the period from 1001 ( MI) through 1100 ( MC) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the 1st century of the 2nd millennium. In the history of Europe, this period is considered the early part of the High Middle Ages. Th ...

List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political. Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international reco ...

List of sovereign states by date of formation Below is a list of sovereign states with the dates of their formation (date of their independence or of their constitution), sorted by continent. This list includes the List of sovereign states, 195 states which are currently full member states ...

List of predecessors of sovereign states in Europe This is a list of all present sovereign states in Europe and their predecessors, according to the concept of succession of states. The political borders of Europe are difficult to define. The geographical borders between Europe and Asia are gen ...

* Timeline of sovereign states in North America *

Timeline of sovereign states in Oceania A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any suitable scale representi ...

* Timeline of sovereign states in South America {{DEFAULTSORT:Timeline of Sovereign States In Europe History of Europe Lists of former countries Regional timelines

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