Europe comprises most of the world known to the Celts. It is the central continent in the Celtic Rules world’s economy and politics. The first civilization to rise in Europe was Ancient Greece, which to a large extent set basis to later European culture. The Roman Empire once dominated the southernmost parts of Europe, and the Germanic and Slavonic tribes dwelt in northern and eastern Europe. The Germanic Viking civilization flourished in Scandinavia. Western and mainland Europe, on the other ha