Marco Polo was a merchant traveler from Venice who lived for a while in China and in a book of his travels introduced Europe to the far east.
Yes. He was an Italian explorer, and Italy is a country in Europe, so he was European.
The question doesn't specify where 'here' is, but in parts of the world other than Europe, the European honeybee was introduced by settlers from Europe.
yes
reason had failed European culture.
Romantics in the 1700s in Europe tended to believe in the importance of emotional expression, individualism, and connection to nature. They often rejected reason and sought to evoke strong emotions and experiences in their art and literature. Romanticism was a reaction against the rationalism of the Enlightenment period.
As new crops were introduced in Europe, food production increased.
reason had failed European culture.
Yes it is perfectly fine. A few people are not interested in Europe and it's not like it is illegal or wrong to not be interested in the culture or history of Europe.
No, it is not pointless to go to Europe if you're not interested in European culture and history. Travel is generally good for you and you will probably learn something if you don't sulk about going when you did not want to go. You might even find out that you are, or have become, interested in some aspects of Europe.
Europe lost much of its previous optimism and there was a widespread sense of disorientation.
The culture of Western Europe is described as Western Culture. It is regarded as a highly modernized and developed culture, with much freedom per average citizen. Western culture can be found in Western Europe, Northern America, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and even Japan.
Generally the European people is too busy to think in their history, and the history of Europe is very very complex... but exciting!