Both world wars took place for the most part in Europe, contributing to a decline in Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid-20th century as the Soviet Union and the United States took prominence.[9] During the Cold War, Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain between NATO in the west and the Warsaw Pact in the east, until the revolutions of 1989 and fall of the Berlin Wall.
Hivumbirhi bya Tinyimpi ta misava, ti lweriwile etikweni-nkulu leri, naswona tihoxe xandla eku hungutekeni ka matimba ya tiko-nkulu leri emisaveni, naswona rihambukela matiko ya Amerikha na Rhaxiya.[5] Hi nguva wa Nyimpi yo titimela, Yuropa ayi tsemiwe exikarhi ka NATO evupela dyambu na Xipfumelelwano xa Warsaw evuxeni, kufikela eka nguva ya Kulwela Ntshuxeko ka malembe ya 1989 na Kuwisiwa ka khumbi ra Berlin.