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| History : England |
 20 Sep 2006 |
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The history of England begins with the Anglo-Saxons, who invaded Great Britain about ad 449. They displaced the previous occupants from the southeastern part of the island and called it Angle-land, or England. Previously, the island, like Europe, was home for a succession of peoples dating from the beginnings of the Old Stone Age.
Ancient Britain
The Ice Age, during which Neandertals and then... |
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| History : Scotland |
06 Jun 2007 |
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In 397 Christianity was brought to south-west Scotland by St Ninian. In the following two centuries, other missionaries, including the best known, St Columba (521-597), spread the Faith throughout the country. Gradually, the tribes (Scots, Picts, Britons and Angles) formed four kingdoms. The Norsemen appeared in the 8th century and occupied the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands. Next the Scots... |
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| History : Wales |
22 Sep 2006 |
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Humans first inhabited what is now Wales at the end of the last Ice Age. The first documented history was during the Roman occupation of Britain. At that time the area of modern Wales was divided into many tribes, of which the Silures in the south-east and the Ordovices in the central and north-west areas were the largest and most powerful. The Romans established a string of forts across what is now... |
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