UK(united kingdom)
UK
The United Kingdom is a country that once ruled the world. Now the United Kingdom is a very good country to live in. The United Kingdom is a very good country where there is no corruption.
History of UK:
Athelstan was the first king of England (or 'Angla Land' as
it was immediately renamed). He inherited the kingdoms of Wessex and Markia
from his father and then conquered the Viking Kingdom of York in 927, uniting
England under one crown.
The Kingdom of Great Britain was established on 1 May 1707
as a result of the political unions of the Kingdom of England (including Wales)
and the political unions of the Kingdom of Scotland under the Union Treaty.
The story of prehistoric Britain began when the first people
came to Britain. It ended when the Romans conquered the ancient British and
Britain became part of the Roman Empire. Early people were hunters. They
survived by hunting animals and getting food.
Colchester
Colchester's claim to be the oldest recorded city in Britain
is mentioned in the natural history of the Roman writer Pliny the Elder
(Historia Naturalis) 77 77 AD.
EGBERT
EGBERT 827 - 839 9
Ebert was the 1st king to establish a stable and extensive
rule over all Anglo-Saxon England. After returning from exile at Charlemagne's
court in 602, he regained the kingdom of Wessex. After the conquest of Markia
in 627, he controlled all of England south of the Humber
The UK is short for Great Britain and the UK in Northern
Ireland ... pretty tasty! It is a sovereign state (like France or the United
States) but consists of four countries; England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern
Ireland. ... 1707 - Kingdom of Great Britain.
Basically, English is only for those things that are only
for England. Although it is used in other parts of the world, including the
language, it is only in England. British, usually for things the whole of the
UK. So, there are English things and others among the British.
22 countries
In the new research show, Britain has invaded about
twenty-two (22) countries in its largest and most colorful history. Every
schoolboy knew that at the top of the empire, a few quarters of the atlas were
colorless pink, showing the limits of British rule.
The name Britain comes from the Latin names of the British
lands Britain, Britannia, or Britannia. Old French Braigen (somewhere modern
French Bretagne) and Middle English Breton, Breton. ... The British used the
Romans to unify the British Isles from the first century BC.
Before Rome: The Celts
After discovery around 10,000, the idea was found that the
tongue of the non-English island belonged to the ancient continental Gauls, who
were in fact called Celts.
The name Britain springs from the common Brittonic word *
Pretan ī and is one among the oldest names in Great Britain, an island off the
northwest coast of continental Europe. Britain and British terms originate
similarly, referring to its inhabitants and the small islands in the vicinity.
It's evolved from the Greek words for "7" and
"rule". The seven states are Northumbria, Marcia, East Anglia, Essex,
Kent, Sussex, and Wessex.
The ancient writers named the Celts after the various
peoples who lived throughout Central Europe, from the Mediterranean coastal regions.
Most scholars agree that Celtic culture first appeared in the Bronze Age in the
Upper Danube region around the 13th century BC.
The truth is Brighton
According to the study that created the first genetic map of
the United Kingdom, the Welsh are truly authentic British. Scientists were able
to trace their DNA to the first tribes to settle in the British Isles after the
last ice age about 10,000 years ago.
As voted on in the 2017 Reader Travel Awards, these were the
best cities in the UK
Newcastle. ...
Belfast. ...
Oxford. ...
Manchester. ...
York. Read our properties in York here. ...
Cheltenham. Our favorite thing to do is to visit this
fascinating city in Cotswolds. ...
Durham. Read our feature on Durham here. ...
Chester.
Ashbrital EU, believed to be between 3,500 and 4,000 years
old, said after the death of locals near his home at the Church of St. Baptist
in Ashbrital, Somerset, that it could suffer from an undiagnosed arboreal
infection.
Amsbury in Wiltshire has been confirmed as the oldest settlement
in the UK. The city of Wiltshire has been confirmed as the longest-running
settlement in the UK. The Amsbury 720, including Stonehenge, has been
consistently occupied by the BBC, experts said.
The first ruler to use the title of King of the Universe was
the Akkadian Sargon of Akkadian (2333-2284 BC) and it was claimed as the
symbolic descendant of the Akkadian Empire of Sargon in the succession of later
empires.
The four main Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England are: East
Anglia. Mercia. The northern states, the sub-states including Bernice and
Deira.
Although most white people born in Great Britain are British
citizens, they do not consider themselves British and prefer to speak their
national identity as English, Scottish or Welsh. ... People born in Scotland
are called Scottish or British and they can say they live in Scotland, Britain
and / or the UK.
The British sign language is officially recognized under the
British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 ... ... ^ The King of the United
Kingdom (now Queen Elizabeth II since 1952) since Scotland has limited
self-government in the United Kingdom as well as representation in the UK
Parliament.
How is the Scottish Government funded? The Scottish
Government is partly financed by UK government block grants and partly by
collecting self-financed nonsense taxes and orrons.
Healthcare is funded by government tax revenue and it is
free (absolutely to everyone). The British live two years longer (on average)
than the Americans. ... the UK suicide rate (per capita) is half that of the
US. The UK's mortality rate from medical negligence (per capita) is much lower
than half of the US
If you or your parents were born in the UK, you can
automatically become a British citizen. Check whether you are a British citizen
based on whether you were: Born in the United Kingdom or in a British colony
before 1 January 1983.
Although most white people born in Great Britain are British
citizens, they do not consider themselves British and prefer to speak their
national identity as English, Scottish or Welsh. People born in England are
called English or British and they can say they live in England, Britain and /
or the United Kingdom.
In any case it is Ireland. The Anglo was conquered by the
Normans in the twelfth century (exact dates will be checked but I think 1130 or
1180) and gained its independence in the 1920s (in part). Ulster is still ruled
by the British. Both Wales and Scotland won later.
In 1982, it adopted its own constitution and have become a
totally independent country. Although it is still part of the British
Commonwealth - a constitutional monarchy that adopts the British monarchy as
its own. Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada.
The empire expanded and - combined with growing instability
in various colonies - led to the rapid and decisive collapse of many of
Britain's core assets, some diplomatically, some violently. 194 India became
independent in 1947 after a non-violent civil disobedience campaign led by
Mahatma Gandhi.
England was named "German" after a Germanic tribe
that settled in central, northern, and eastern England in the 5th and 6th
centuries. A related tribe called the "Saxons" settled within the
south of England. That is why that period of English history is named
"Anglo-Saxon".
Albion, the early name of the British Isles, was used by the
ancient Greek geographers in the 4th century BC and earlier, who distinguished
"Albion" from Iron (Ireland) and the smaller members of the British
Isles. The Greeks and Romans probably got their name from Gaul or the Celts.
The Romans conquered northern England
After ten years of relative peace, Vespasian, the first
emperor of the new Flavian dynasty, ordered further conquest of Britain. The
new governor, Quintus Petlias Serialis, defeated Venutius, the rebel leader of
the Brigantus tribe, by defeating him.
It both began and ended with the invasion: the first Roman
invasion in 55 BC and the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066.
Among these were the Anglo-Saxons and later the Vikings.
Roman Britain (Latin: Britannia or later, Britannia,
"Britannia") is the territory of the island of Great Britain, which
was ruled by the Roman Empire from 43 to 410 AD. It consists of almost the
whole of England and Wales and, for a short time, southern Scotland.
1st century AD
We tend to associate the arrival of Christianity in Britain
with the Augustine mission in 597 AD. But in reality Christianity came much
earlier and there was no organized effort to convert the British to
Christianity in the first century.
Why did William the Conqueror invade England? William
claimed the English throne after Edward's death. He was a distant cousin of Edward
and said that on a visit to France in 1051, Edward had promised him the throne.
... William invaded England and claimed the throne from Harold.
First, the Vikings lived in Northern Europe (originally
Scandinavia) while the Celts lived in Eastern, Central and Western Europe (all
the way from modern-day Ukraine to France and modern-day United Kingdom). Both
were divided into different groups or communities. ... the Celts fought against
the Roman Empire.
As a result of little resistance, the Germanic tribes
settled the Angles, the Saxons, the Jutes, and many more, and the land became
England, literally the Angels of the Land of the Angles. ... England is not a
Celtic country because the English are not of Celtic descent, we are actually
invaders.
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