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The empire has once controlled, for example, the whole of the British Isles, Canada, Australia, the east coast of the United States (thirteen settlements), New Zealand, about half of Africa (South Africa to Egypt), India, Palestine (now Israel), Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Bhutan, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, most of the Caribbean archipelago and Oceania archipelago, Cyprus, Malta, Hong Kong, as well as the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar, which are still controlled by Britain.


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[4] The British Empire was a superpower and for a long time also the only one of those.


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[5] The British Armed Forces were once the largest in the world and its fleet controlled all the seas of the world.


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[6] Britain gained ground through many great wars, especially when it was on the victors” side in them leading or belonging to the leading nations.


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Such wars included, for example, the Seven Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the First and Second World Wars.


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The high debt following the World Wars brought about the end of the British Empire and the peaceful independence of the colonies.


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Britain lost its superdominance in the 1956 Suez Crisis.


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However, to this day Britain is a superpower [7] and belongs to the UN Security Council.


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The state has the fourth largest nuclear arsenal in the world, [8] [9] and also its armed forces are the fourth largest in terms of budget.


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[10] Britain's economy is the sixth largest in the world.


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[11] Geography The United Kingdom consists of the island of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland, as well as about a thousand smaller islands that exist especially off the coast of Scotland.


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It is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, its parts the North Sea, the Irish Sea and the English Channel.


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Due to the breach of the coastline, there is no land more than 125 kilometers out to sea.


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The island of Great Britain is separated from the mainland at Dover at its narrowest by the 35km-wide English Channel.


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From Dover runs the sea below the Channel Tunnel to France.


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There are 360 kilometres of land border against the Republic of Ireland.


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[2] Most of England is populated lowland.


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The largest rivers are the Thames, which flows through London, and the Severn, which descends west into the Bristol Channel.


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[12] On the coast of England are the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.


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Wales is mostly mountainous, with its highest peak Snowdon reaching 1085 metres.


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[13] In Scotland topography varies, to the south are the Lowlands and to the north and the Highlands to the west, as is Scotland's highest peak, the 1,343 metre high Ben Nevis.


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Many fjords (firth) extend inland and deep lakes (loch) run parallel to them.


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The most famous of these is probably Loch Ness, situated in the Glen More valley stretching across Scotland.


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[14] There are several islands and island groups along the Scottish coast, the most notable of which are the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands.


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[15] The largest cities in England are the capital London (7.6 million inhabitants in 2008), Birmingham (1.0 million and the metropolitan area with 2.4 million inhabitants) and Manchester (466,000, with a metropolitan area of 2.3 million).


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In Scotland, the largest cities are Glasgow (population 637,000) and Edinburgh (452,000).


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The largest city in Wales is Cardiff (311,000) and Northern Ireland's Belfast (268,000).


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[16] Climate Britain's climate is known as variable.


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Weather is generally cool or temperate, clouds and rain are common, but pouta periods occur all seasons too.


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The regional differences are small.


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The highest rainfall is obtained in the mountains of Scotland, Wales and northern England, exceeding 1,500millimetres, in some places up to 5,000millimetres per year.


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However, almost all the settlement is at a height of less than 300 m above sea level, and there the rainfall is less pronounced.


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It's drier to the east than in the west.


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[17] Fog is commonly found especially during the winter half of the year.


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Snow can fall anywhere, but on low-lying soils it rarely stays longer than a few days.


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[17] In East Anglia, in the south-east of the country, the average daily lowest temperature of the coldest months, January and February, is around one degree, while in July and August the highest of the day averages 22 degrees.


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[18] In northern Scotland, the average daily lowest temperature of the coldest months, January and February, is slightly on the frosty side, while in July and August the highest of the day averages 16 degrees.


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[19] The highest temperature ever measured in Britain was 38.5 °C in Favesham in August 2003.


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The lowest temperature, −27.2 °C, has been measured in Scotland several times: 1895, 1982 and 1995.


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[20] Nature and Nature Conservation In a state of nature, most of Britain would be covered in oak-rich mixed forest.


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However, forests have been cleared to make way for farming since the Bronze Age.


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Trees have also been felled to meet the needs of buildings and to be burned into charcoal for smelting metals.


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Almost the entire land area is suitable for farming except the highest uplands and some marshy areas.


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[21] Some 65 wild mammal species live in Britain [22] and 259 species of birds.


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[23] Britain has fifteen national parks: ten in England, two in Scotland and three in Wales.


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Parks have been established starting in the 1950s and protect not just nature but the rustic landscape and cultural heritage.


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Thus, their territory is inhabited and engaged in farming.


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The land for the parks is predominantly privately owned, with some belonging to trusts such as the National Trust.


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[24] History Early stages Before the Roman period, Britain was inhabited by Welsh peoples, Scottish Picts and Britain's own stock population.


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Julius Caesar began the British conquest in 55—54 BCE, and the province of Britain, comprising present-day England and Wales, was part of the Roman Empire until the 4th century.


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[25] After the Romans conquered the British islands, the British came into close contact with continental Europe.


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Following the Romans, the country was invaded by the Angls, Saxons and Jutes in the 5th century and by the Normans in 1066.


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During the Norman rule, current characteristics began to develop in England, such as London's position as a centre of economy, culture and politics, a strong but distinct position of the church, representative governance and a strong university institution.


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[26] Scotland drifted under English rule, and in the 12th century Henry II also conquered Ireland.


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The kings who succeeded him got into clashes with the clergy and nobility, resulting in Juhana Maaton being forced to make concessions and publish the statute collection Magna Cartan.


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Robert the Bruce restored Scottish independence in 1314, and the Tudors rose to become ruler of England after the War of the Roses (1455—1485).


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The Tudor monarch Henry VIII founded the Church of England and formally annexed Wales as part of England.


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[25] Henry assumed in 1541 the title King of Ireland, after which one can speak of the Kingdom of Ireland.


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[26] England began its colonial conquest during the period of Elizabeth I.


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[25] England had a brief republican period in the mid-17th century after the Civil War.


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It ended in 1660 when Charles II rose to become King of England.


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[25] England and Scotland were ruled by the same monarch from 1603, permanently joining as the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.


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[26] Great Power Period and World Wars The Act of Union, which came into force in 1801, united the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain, thus forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.


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In 1922, the 26 counties of Ireland formed the Irish Free State, with six remaining in union, with the name being changed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927.


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[2] [27] Britain was the most significant industrial and military power and colonial power of the 19th century, at its most extensive encompassing some 30 million square kilometres and almost a quarter of the Earth's population.


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It was then that the saying was born that the Sun never sets over the British Empire.


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[28] The transformation known as the Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, bringing the country into a world-leading economic power.


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Furthermore, British colonial rule was at its greatest during the Victorian period (1837—1901).


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[25] By the beginning of the 20th century, other countries had achieved a British head start in industrialisation.


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During the 1920s the empire began to fall apart when Ireland gained independence in 1921, [26] although the six Ulster provinces remained their mother country and formed Northern Ireland.


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[25] In 1926, Australia, Canada and New Zealand gained independence, but joined the British Commonwealth.


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The unraveling of colonial rule continued after World War II, beginning with the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.


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[26] In World War I, the United Kingdom was one of the circumference powers alongside Russia, France and the United States against Germany.


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As one of the winning nations, it was about to conclude the peace of Versailles.


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[29] Hundreds of thousands of Britons died in the war.


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[30] In World War II, the United Kingdom was one of the Allies, again along with France and the US as well as the Soviet Union against Germany.


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When Germany invaded Poland, Britain, in accordance with the security guarantees it had given, declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939.


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As the war spread to Belgium, the British managed to evacuate much of their troops from Dunkirk across the Channel.


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The Germans waged a fierce air war against the British, but the battle for Britain was not successful and Adolf Hitler did not occupy Britain.


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[30] In North Africa, the British repulsed the Italians in Egypt, and had to fight against the Germans who came to their aid as well.


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[31] War in the Mediterranean also encompassed extensive naval warfare, with aircraft operating from aircraft carriers.


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[32] After the World Wars, after World War II, Britain abandoned its colonies in India, and a welfare state began to be built in the country with free health care and education.


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[30] In 1956, Britain was still trying to pursue great power politics against Egypt, which had been largely British-owned, nationalised the Suez Canal, and invaded the country with French and Israeli support.


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The botched operation led to the resignation of Conservative Prime Minister Anthony Eden.


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British colonies in sub-Saharan Africa became independent mainly in the 1960s, starting with Ghana's independence in 1957.


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In 1973 Britain joined the European Community.


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[30] The situation in Northern Ireland escalated in 1972 after Bloody Sunday.


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The Irish Republican Army then embarked on a campaign of terror, the casualties of which were also numerous on English soil.


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[25] The government of the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1990 made many radical reforms, privatising large parts of state enterprises and snubbing trade unions.


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Thatcher's popularity peaked after the triumphant 1982 Falklands War against Argentina.


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In 1990, however, he was ousted by John Major.


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In 1997, Labour, led by Tony Blair, achieved an election victory, and Blair rose to become Prime Minister.


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[30] In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was concluded to bring peace to Northern Ireland.


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The following year, their own parliaments were established in Wales and Scotland.


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[30] Blair sided with 2003 for U.S. support in the Iraq War, seeking and destroying Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction.


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In 2004, Blair admitted he had been wrong about weapons of mass destruction, but still thought the war was justified.


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In 2007, Britain began withdrawing its troops from Iraq.


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[30] In 2008-09 Britain was in the throes of a bad banking crisis.


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The central bank cut the rate to 1.5 percent, the lowest figure in its 315-year history.


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Banks were heavily supported by the state, and unemployment figures rose.


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[30] In 2009-10, a number of MPs were caught abusing expenses claims.


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In the 2010 general election, the Conservatives won the most seats but not a qualified majority.


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David Cameron set up a coalition government along with the Liberal Democrats.


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[30] Cameron announced that he would hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.


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In the vote, the British ended up in favour of resignation.


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Cameron resigned and was succeeded by Theresa May.


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Politics The United Kingdom is a parliamentary monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch.


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The monarch basically has extensive powers, including the right to declare war and elect a prime minister.


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Theoretically, the governance of the United Kingdom as a whole exists from the appropriation of the monarch.


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In practice, the monarch does not wield great power, but power is exercised in the name of the monarch by a democratically elected parliament and prime minister.


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[26] The United Kingdom is one of the few countries in the world that do not have a formal constitution; all the laws of a country can in principle be amended by a simple parliamentary majority.


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In practice, however, a 700-year tradition prevents them from varying on whims.


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[26] However, there is talk of an unwritten constitution that governs the functioning of the bodies of state, whereby, for example, the monarch abides from political decisions and the supreme executive power vested in that law is exercised by the Prime Minister.


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The Parliament of the United Kingdom is bicameral.


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Members to the 650-member lower house () are elected by election and to the upper house () are appointed.


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Members of the House of Lords include about 700 lifelong recipients of personal nobility and bishops of the Church of England.


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The Lords Act 1999 ended heritable membership of the House of Lords, but its 92 surviving seats inherited were allowed to remain members.


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Members of the House of Commons are elected from single-representative constituencies.


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Elections to the House of Commons must be held at least every five years, but often take place before the deadline.


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[2] The Prime Minister is usually the leader of the largest party in the House of Commons, since 2016 Theresa May of the Conservatives.


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[2] Since the 1920s, the main parties have been the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.


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The electoral system for single-candidate constituencies favours a two-party system, with either of the parties usually holding governmental responsibility.


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The third largest party is the Liberal Democratic Party, formed in 1988 by the merger of the old Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party.


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It advocates changing the electoral system and abandoning the two-party system.


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[33] In the 2010 election, the Liberal Democrats won 23% of the vote, but less than ten percent of the seats.


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[2] In the House of Commons elected in 2010, the Conservatives have 305 seats, Labour 258, the Liberal Democrats 57 and the others have 30.


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[2] In 1999, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh People's Assembly were established, over which the Scottish Parliament has legislative powers.


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Since 2003, Northern Ireland has its own 108-member parliament and a further 18 seats in the Westminster Parliament.


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The transfer of power to Belfast was frozen in 2003 but completed in 2010.


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[26] Active in various countries include the nationalist Welsh Plaid Cymru, the Scottish National Party and Cornwall's Mebyon Kernow, who advocate either more autonomy or independence for the countries.


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[34] Theresa May announced on 18 April 2017 that the country would hold general elections on 6 June 2017.


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In the past, he has promised elections only in 2020.


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[35] Contrary to what had been anticipated, the outcome of the election was a disappointment for the Conservatives, as the expected great success did not come.


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The party remained just and just the largest, but lost its majority position in Parliament.


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[36] In the final results, the Conservatives won 42.4% of the vote and 318 seats; Labour in turn received 40.4% of the vote and seats 262.


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[37] Foreign Policy The United Kingdom is a member of the Commonwealth, European Union and NATO.


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It has a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and veto power over its decisions.


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By 2003, it had exercised its right 32 times, 23 times to support the United States and alone on issues concerning Zimbabwe.


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[38] Since the Brexit referendum, the British Government has begun a process leading to the withdrawal from the EU at 23:00 (UTC) on 29 March 2019, unless an extension is agreed.


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[39] The United Kingdom is one of the few nuclear weapons states.


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Its deterrent includes four Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines each armed with sixteen Trident II missiles and 48 nuclear warheads.


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The system was introduced in 1994 to replace the Resolution-class submarines and Polaris missiles introduced in 1968.


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[40] The Air Force gave up WE.177 nuclear weapons in 1998 and the Navy in 1992.


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[41] The planned lifespan of the Trident Guidelines will end in 2024.


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In 2006, the Prime Minister announced that Britain was planning to renew submarines and Trident missiles, which would extend their operational period until the 2040s.


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[42] The United Kingdom has traditionally enjoyed a close relationship with the United States.


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The phrase was already formulated by Winston Churchill, and its continuation has been questioned in the 2010s.


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[43] Parts of the United Kingdom: At the top level of NUTS, the United Kingdom is divided into 12 regions: nine regions (regions), Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.


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[44] There are nine areas in England still divided into 34 counties (county) and 47 administrative units known as Unitary authority.


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Outside this regional division, there are 36 metropolitan areas and 33 London subdivisions.


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There are 32 local council-run areas in Scotland.


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There are 22 municipalities in Wales, of which 10 are urban districts (county borough), nine are counties and three are urban.


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There are 26 municipalities in Northern Ireland.


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[44] The United Kingdom, as a remnant of the British Empire, also has a series of enclaves.


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De jure these British overseas territories (former crown colonies) are not parts of the United Kingdom, but the UK handles their foreign policy.


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These include: [45] Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory () British Virgin Islands () Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Saint Helena South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands () Turks and Caicos Islands.


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Also comparable to these are the self-governing islands in the vicinity of Britain, the Isle of Man (), as well as Jersey and Guernsey.


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In addition, the United Kingdom has military bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus. [46].


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It has claimed an area of 17,09400 square miles in size from Antarctica.


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[47] In the Finnish language, the country as a whole is referred to as Britain, Great Britain or English.


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[1] In fact, however, England is only one part of the United Kingdom.


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The British, especially the Welsh, Scots and Northern Irish, may find offensive the use of the name to mean the state as a whole.


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[48] [49] The Finnish Language Board recommends preferably using the name Britannia, but also accepts the name English for the whole state.


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[50] From 1801, when Ireland became part of the Kingdom, until 1921, when Ireland became independent, the state was called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.


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This was preceded by the Kingdom of Great Britain, formed in 1707 with the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland.


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Economy The UK economy is one of the largest in the world, measured by purchasing power adjusted GDP, ninth in the world and second in Europe (after Germany) in 2017. inflation, interest rates and unemployment (4.4% in 2017) have remained low.


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[2] Great Britain was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, but today industry still produces a fifth of GDP (19% in 2017).


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coal mining is almost completely exhausted.


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Industry's share of the economy is still declining.


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North Sea oil and gas resources are running out and the country has been a net importer of energy since 2005.


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[2] 80% of electricity is generated by fossil fuels, making the UK 2008 the eighth largest carbon emitter in the world.


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[51] In 2010, 47% of electricity was generated by gas, 28% by coal, 16% by nuclear power and 7% from renewable energy sources.


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It is planned to increase the share of renewable energy sources to 30% by 2020.


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[52] Agriculture is efficient and highly mechanised, producing 60% of food consumed with less than 2% of the labour force.


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[2] Agriculture has experienced setbacks due to mad cow disease and the extensive foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001.


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[53] The services sector, particularly banking and insurance and business services, account for the majority of GDP and employ more than 80% of the workforce.


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[2] The City of London is a global financial centre and the London Stock Exchange among the largest in the world.


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[54] [55] Tourism is also an important source of income, with over 30 million tourists visiting the country every year, [56] making it the sixth most popular tourist destination in the world.


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With the recession, the number of tourists and the amount of money they spend has dwindled.


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[57] Major export products include industrial goods, fuels, chemicals, food, beverages and tobacco.


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The biggest destination countries for exports are the United States, Germany, France, Ireland and Belgium.


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[2] The British government has opted out of joining the eurozone and opinion polls suggest the people support the decision.


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[2] Transport in Britain is 505 airports, nine of which have runways more than three kilometres long.


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[2] In 2011, the busiest fields were Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted, Luton, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Glasgow and Bristol.


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[58] There are 16,454km of railways.


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[2] In 2010, 1,353 million journeys were made on the railway, totaling 65 billion km.


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Train traffic grew by around 6 to 7 per cent compared with the previous year.


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90.9 per cent of trains ran on time.


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[59] The international train service comes along the Eurotunnel from the Channel, and the trains running it also bring cars.


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[60] Freight ports include Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton and Teesport in England, Forth Ports in Scotland and Milford Haven in Wales.


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[2] Passenger ferries operate from Holyhead to Ireland, Dover to France, Harwich and Hull to Holland and Belgium, Portsmouth to Spain and Newcastle to Norway and Sweden.


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[60] Britain has left-hand traffic.


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Population In July 2011, the UK was estimated to have a population of 62,698,362.


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Ethnically broken down, English people make up 81.5%, Scots 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Northern Irish 1.8% and West Indians, Indians, Pakistanis and others 2.8% of the population.


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[2] In the 2011 census, 59.5% of the population reported themselves as Christians.


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[2] In a survey conducted in 2017, 41% answered this way.


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[61] According to 2007 statistics, ten per cent of the population attended church every week, the highest number of regular church-goers was in Northern Ireland, the fewest in Wales.


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[62] The Church of England is the official state church.


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[63] The Catholic Church has about five million members.


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[64] The main language is the English language.


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More than half a million Welsh people speak Welsh, which is part of the Celtic languages, which is also used to broadcast radio and television programmes.


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Gaelic is spoken by about 58,000 people in Scotland, mostly in the Hebrides.


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In Northern Ireland, 95000 people speak Irish.


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In total, 12 indigenous languages are spoken in the country according to Ethnologue's definitions.


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The major immigrant languages are Punjabi (East and West Punjabi with a total of 574000 speakers), Urdu and Bengali (400,000 both), and Sylheti, sometimes counted as a Bengali dialect (300,000 speakers) [65] According to a 2004 WHO survey, British alcohol consumption is 22 in the world. Ranked, converted to pure alcohol at slightly more than ten litres per adult.


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Consumption in Finland, Belgium and Saint Lucia in the Caribbean is almost at the same level.


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[66] Education Education is compulsory between the age of five and sixteenth, but in January 2007 the government announced that it would extend compulsory education until the age of 18.


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Most of the children attend free public school.


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Until the age of eleven, primary school is attended, followed by secondary school.


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Between the ages of fourteen and sixteen, study for the GCSE exam.


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After the age of sixteenth, a pupil can choose a sixth form college, finishing with an A-Level (Advanced Levels) exam in which two to five subjects are written, followed by aspiring to university.


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In Scotland, the names of the exams are Standards Grades and National Qualifications.


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The Northern Ireland system differs somewhat from the one described above.


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[67] Major Urban Areas In Britain there are 12 metropolitan areas with a population exceeding million: [68] Culture The United Kingdom is made up of four interconnected nations, and while the way of life is broadly similar, the culture has differences, both between these nations and at the local and regional level.


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The key issue for the Scottish National Party is the economy, not least the distribution of North Sea oil revenues, while the Welsh National Party is interested in preserving language and culture.


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Dialect and way of speaking often inform a person's background and homeland.


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Supporting your own football team has become a major point of pride for many.


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[21] Among the major tourist destinations in addition to major cities, historic sites such as Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, York and Bath.


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Famous natural attractions include the White Cliffs of Dover, the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and Loch Ness in Scotland.


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Well-known for its landscapes are the Welsh and Scottish mountain ranges, the English Lake District of the Lake District and the Peak District.


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[69] In addition to Christian holidays and New Year, Guy Fawkes night is celebrated 5.


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[70] There are numerous famous universities and colleges in the United Kingdom, the oldest of which are the universities of Cambridge and Oxford.


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Many world-renowned scholars have emerged in Britain, including Sir Isaac Newton, James Watt, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Charles Babbage, Alexander Fleming, Alan Turing, Tim Berners-Lee, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking. [71].


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Literature British literature is among the most central to European culture.


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It has a long history and great cultural influence on the whole of Western literature.


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The first major English-language literary output was the Canterbury stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century.


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What makes the case remarkable is that the majority of court poets used Latin, the proxy language of that culture.


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[72] The most famous British figure of Elizabeth I's time was William Shakespeare, who is regarded as one of the most outstanding writers of all time and the most proficient English language.


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Shakespeare's literary production is extensive including plays, sonnets and poems.


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Particularly known he is precisely for his plays, the most famous of which are A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Othello [73] Novels began to be written in larger numbers starting in the 18th century.


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In the early 19th century, literature was dominated by the Romanticism era, when the poetry genre was influenced by William Blake, John Keats and Lord Byron.


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The Victorian era was a golden age of realism in English literature.


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It was represented by Jane Austen, Brontë's siblings (Charlotte, Emily and Anne), Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Thomas Hardy.


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[74] Of these, the works of Charles Dickens in particular are said to have a significant influence on British culture, including the refurbishment of the Christmas tradition in 19th-century England with the Christmas Story.


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With the First World War, the popularity of war literature and poetry rose.


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Romance literature soon developed into the most popular form of literature and it is today.


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Other illustrious British novel writers have included Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), J. R.


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R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings), Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), D. H. Lawrence, George Orwell (Animal Revolution, In 1984), Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, Agatha Christie, Virginia Woolf and J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter).


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Among the poets to be mentioned are T. S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, John Milton, Alfred Tennyson, and Rudyard Kipling.


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[75] The Nobel Prize in Literature includes Rudyard Kipling in 1907, John Galsworthy in 1932, T. S. Eliot in 1948.


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Bertrand Russell 1950, Winston Churchill 1953, Elias Canetti 1981, William Golding 1983, V.


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S. Naipaul in 2001, Harold Pinter in 2005 and Doris Lessing in 2007.


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[76] Theatre British theatre has a long tradition since Shakespearean times.


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Today, London's West End is the centre of the theatre world.


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[77] Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has dominated the West End for many years, conquered Broadway as well and his musicals have been made into popular films.


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[78] The world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company is based in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon and also performs elsewhere.


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[79] Notable current playwrights include Alan Ayckbourn, John James Osborne, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard and Arnold Wesker.


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[80] Music Music is of central importance in Britain, where much significant and globally renowned pop music has been made.


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Britain is considered a superpower of Western popular music along with the United States.


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The most popular British band of all time is The Beatles which is also the most successful band in the world.


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More than one billion recordings have been sold worldwide from the band.


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[81] Other well-known and popular British bands since the 1960s have included The Rolling Stones, Queen, The Who, The Kinks and Cream, known for guitarist Eric Clapton, as well as Welsh Tom Jones.


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The world success achieved by these and many other British ensembles active in the 1960s has been referenced by the English term “the British Invasion”.


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[82] The UK has also come from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Elton John, David Bowie, Dire Straits, The Police, Deep Purple, Sex Pistols, Genesis, Saxon, Phil Collins, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, George Michael, The Smiths, Judas Priest and many newer giant successes such as One Direction, Depeche Mode, The Wanted, Oasis, Radiohead, Spice Girls, Coldplay and Robbie Williams.


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[83] [84] Famous British composers include Henry Purcell, Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten and Andrew Lloyd Webber (among others, The Phantom of the Opera).


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Britain has many high-profile orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.


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London is one of the world's music centres, many important concert halls and the Royal Opera House, one of the most important opera houses in the world, are located there.


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[85] Film and Television In 2000, the British Film Institute invited a thousand experts to evaluate the best films of all time in the country.


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[86] The third man (1949), Short Luck (1945) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) received the most votes.


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[87] Out of the 100 best films, Alec Guinness has nine, Michael Caine has seven and Julie Christie has six starring.


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David Lean directed six of them.


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[86] British-born Alfred Hitchcock and Charles Chaplin made much of their careers in the United States.


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[88] [89] The cornerstone of British television is the state-owned public broadcaster BBC, which has several channels in television and radio.


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BBC television channels are public service channels on which no adverts are aired.


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It also serves as a producer of television series and programs.


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The BBC's production is hugely extensive and comprises drama, comedy (britcom), documentaries and feature-length films.


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Familiar to Finns from the BBC include sitcoms Pokka Keeps, Monty Python's Flying Circus, detective series Miss Marple and New Sherlock.


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The BBC's repertoire also includes Doctor Who, the longest-running TV series of all time.


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The BBC also owns the rights to a number of big-class sporting events, including the Olympics, the European Football Championship and World Cup, and the F1 series (from 2008 to 2015, as of 2016, the rights are held by Channel 4).


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The BBC also represents Britain as a member of the European Broadcasting Corporation also in the Eurovision Song Contests.


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The BBC plays a significant role in the history of the development of television technology and radio communications.


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During World War II, it was one of the most important mass media in the world and its radio broadcasts were listened to across Europe.


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It also adopted, as the first European TV company, to introduce regular colour broadcasts on the BBC Two channel in 1967.


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There are several commercial channels operating in Britain, the largest of which (and at the same time the only ones covering the whole country) are the public-run but advertising-funded Channel 4 and the commercial ITV (former.


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Channel 3).


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Of these, ITV is the longer-lived and was once created as a consortium of several TV industry players to bring competition to the BBC.


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ITV now owns TV operators Granada Television and Yorkshire Television and has therefore grown by far to become Britain's second largest media company.


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ITV has broadcast many classics from British television on its channels, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Bean and long-running drama series Emmerdale and A Matter of the Heart (Heartbeat).


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Channel 4 primarily airs American programmes aimed at young people and has developed an internationally renowned Big Brother format.


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Britain is also well known for its comedians, the most famous of which include John Cleese and the Monty Python humour group, Rowan Atkinson and Sacha Baron Cohen.


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Among the most-watched television series in Finland are several British series such as Emmerdale, Miss Marple, The Midsomer Murders and the BBC nature documentaries presented by Richard Attenborough.


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[90] Visual Arts The oldest art objects found in the British Isles are Stone Age grave finds.


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Copper, tin were used in the Bronze Age, and in Wessex also gold.


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The Celts brought new art traditions, stone and wood were used alongside metals.


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In the reign of the Romans, statues, busts and tomb monuments began to be made.


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As new materials, they brought glass and mosaics.


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[91] The 19th century saw the development of a stylistic direction of painting called the English school for portraits and landscape paintings.


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Its top names included Joshua Reynolds, George Stubbs and Thomas Gainsborough.


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In the late 18th and 19th century, British art was at its most radical, represented by William Blake, John Constable, William Hogarth and William Turner.


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[92] Above all, Turner's quasi-abstract landscapes later greatly influenced the development of Impressionism.


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[93] Beginning in the 1840s, British preraphaelites were influenced, who painted colourful and detailed paintings of often religious subjects.


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The Arts and Crafts movement, founded by William Morris, produced wallpaper and tiles typical of the Victorian era.


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[92] Children's books illustrated by Beatrix Potter have endeared from year to year.


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Notable British artists of the 20th century include Henry Moore, Lucian Freud, Barbara Hepworth, Frank Auerbach and Francis Bacon.


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[94] As a reaction to Abstract Expressionism, pop art emerged in the 1950s, represented by Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake, Allen Jones and David Hockney.


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In the late 1980s, the Young British Artists movement included Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.


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[92] The 2000s have also featured Mark Wallinger, Chris Ofili, Gilbert & George, Mike Nelson and Steve McQueen.


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[94] Since 1984, a British artist under the age of 50 has been awarded the Great Turner Prize.


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Major art institutions in the country include the Allied Artists Association, Royal College of Art, Royal Society of Arts, Royal Academy of Arts, Tate Britain and Tate Modern.


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Food The most famous manifestation of British food culture is the sturdy English breakfast.


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It often involves sausages, eggs boiled, fried or scrambled eggs, fried bacon, toast, champignons, fried tomatoes and beans.


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[95] Another important meal is fish and chips, which is deep-fried baked fish and french fries.


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Fish and chips dishes are sold in stalls similar to hot dogs as well as pubs with beer.


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At Sunday lunch, Brits have had the habit of eating roast beef and Yorkshire pudding for ages.


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On top of that, there are a number of popular regional dishes around the UK, including haggis (stuffed lamb's stomach) in Scotland and Welsh Rarebit (toast with plenty of egg and cheese) in Wales.


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[96] [97] Brits are very big lovers of tea and beer.


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Afternoon tea developed as a concept into British culture in the 1840s, and today one-fifth of the world's tea is consumed in Britain.


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[98] Tea is often served in cafes garnished with various side dishes.


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[99] Beer is Britain's national drink and is produced in the country by 1200 different brands.


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[98] Beer is also drunk from large colts, but the intention is not to get drunk.


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Young people drink mixes called soda wines quickly for the purpose of drunkenness.


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[100] Scotch whisky, meanwhile, is a major export product.


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[98] Social classes in Britain social classes play a greater role than ethnic background.


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Many define themselves as representatives of the working class or middle class.


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Few admit to belonging to the upper class, but that is usually defined by nobles who inherited land property.


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A working-class background is respectable but deprived.


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Education is low, housing is rented and wages are received weekly, typically for industrial jobs.


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The working class is associated with Labour and union values, but in real life class boundaries are not as straightforward as they are in speeches by critics of the class system and politicians.


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[21] Although the class system is considered old-school, for example, children's school performance is still strongly tied to social class.


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[101] Sport The most popular sport in Great Britain is football, and the sport has been developed in England.


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The English Football Association is the oldest football association in the world.


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England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have their own football national teams.


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In the FIFA rankings in January 2012, England were fifth, Scotland 48, Wales 49 and Northern Ireland 87.


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England have won a one-time world title at their home Games in 1966 and everyone else has played at least once in World Cup competitions.


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[102] [103] In addition to football, rugby and cricket, among others, are popular team sports in Great Britain.


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Their roots are in Britain, and both rugby league and rugby union are played in England, Scotland and Wales.


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[103] The most popular individual sports are swimming, snooker, tennis, athletics, motor racing, golf and boxing.


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[104] Notable British sporting events include the British Open golf tournament, the Wimbledon tennis tournament and the Royal Ascot gallop competition.


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[103] Wimbledon is the most important competition in the tennis world, having already been staged 125 times.


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[105] The first World Championship sectional race in motorsport was run at the Silverstone circuit in 1950, renamed Formula One.


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[106] Although in many sports England and Scotland have their own teams, for the Olympics Great Britain has participated with a joint team for every modern Olympic Games.


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Today it sends around 300 to the Summer Olympics, and 30—50 athletes to the Winter Olympics.


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[107] London has hosted the Olympic Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012.


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[108] There have been hundreds of medals Britons have received and the country has excelled particularly in athletics, tennis, rowing, sailing and figure skating.


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[103] Steve Redgrave, the gold-winning rower in five consecutive Olympic Games, has been called Britain's greatest Olympic athlete.


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Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English footballer who has represented Rangers playing in the Scottish Premier League on loan from Bournemouth in the English Premier League.


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He is a striker from his playing position.


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Career Defoe played his junior years at Charlton Athletic.


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West Ham United Defoe's transfer from Charlton to West Ham in 1999 caused a bit of disagreement between the teams and later West Ham had to pay Charlton a substantial transfer fee for Defoe.


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In 2003 Defoe joined the Tottenham ranks, in a swap Bobby Zamora went to West Ham.


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Bournemouth Before moving to Tottenham, Defoe played 29 loan matches in the 2000/01 season for 2nd Division Bournemouth team.


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At Bournemouth he scored in ten successive matches, a record still to be broken in English professional football standings.


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Tottenham Hotspur His debut goal for Tottenham, Defoe scored in a match against Portsmouth at Tottenham's home stadium, White Hart Lane.


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Throughout the 2003/04 season, Defoe scored 7 goals in fourteen matches.


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The following season Defoe scored 13 goals in 28 games in the league and nine goals in cups (FA Cup and English League Cup).


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Defoe's ferocious efficacies did not go unnoticed and he was regarded as one of the top scorers in Europe in his age category.


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In the 2005/06 season, manager Martin Jol alternated his strikers.


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Robbie Keane and Mido also reached the opening pitch.


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Over the course of the season, Defoe started 23 times and came from interchange onto the field 13 times, Keane started 24 times and came from interchange 11 times, Mido started 24 times and came from interchange on the field 3 times.


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Defoe, who played in a total of 36 matches, scored 9 league goals during the season.


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In the 2007/08 season, after Darren Bent joined Tottenham's attacking fleet, Defoe was knocked down to fourth striker in the order of precedence.


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As early as autumn 2007, it was anticipated that Defoe would move to another English Premier League club in January 2008.


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Manchester United had been strongly linked as Defoe's first choice.


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When January dawned Tottenham's fresh-faced Spanish manager Juande Ramos told Defoe he is free to move elsewhere.


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Defoe would not have wanted to leave Tottenham.


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But fears of little playing time prompted him to move on 31 January 2008 to Portsmouth for £7.5 million.


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[1] [2] In four seasons Defoe managed to represent Tottenham in a total of 177 matches and he scored 64 goals for the club.


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[3] At Portsmouth Portsmouth, Defoe immediately scored in his debut game in the Premier League against Chelsea the equalising goal that brought a 1-1 draw to Portsmouth.


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[4] In March 2008 Defoe did not receive a playing licence from the union to play against Tottenham, as the January deal was marked as a loan deal.


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[5] Defoe became the first player at Portsmouth the following week to score at least one goal in each of his first five home games.


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Due to Defoe's appearance for Tottenham in the FA Cup in the third and fourth rounds he was unable to participate in Portsmouth's FA Cup games throughout the rest of the season.


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At the end of the season, Portsmouth celebrated their FA Cup win.


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After moving to Portsmouth, Defoe also lost the League Cup win and final despite having played for Tottenham in every previous round until the League Cup final.


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The 2007/08 season ended for Defoe at Portsmouth with 8 goals in 12 games.


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During his year at Portsmouth, Defoe had time to play a total of 36 games and score 17 goals in all competitions combined.


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Returning to Tottenham on 6 January 2009, Defoe transferred back to Tottenham ca.


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With a transfer fee of £15m.


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Defoe had told us in interviews that he would still like to work with Harry Redknapp, who had acquired him for Portsmouth.


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Harry had previously, in October 2008, moved from Portsmouth to become Tottenham manager.


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Portsmouth's manager at the time, Tony Adams, wanted Defoe to be compensated and at the outset anticipated that the price would rise above £20 million.


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Even Italian major club Juventus FC were interested in Defoe.


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Eventually, however, Defoe was introduced to the Tottenham fans on 6 January in the 1st leg of the English League Cup semi-final which was up against Burnley.


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In half a season, Defoe played only 8 Premier League matches for Tottenham, scoring 3 goals in them.


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He was seriously injured almost immediately upon reaching the team.


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On 22 November 2009, Defoe sidelined the goal record of one Premier League match in the name of Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole when Defoe scored five goals in a match against Wigan.


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[6] Toronto FC On January 10, 2014, Defoe moved to Toronto FC, which plays MLS in North America, on a four-year-long contract.


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However, he was loaned back to Tottenham on a loan deal lasting until the end of February 2014.


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Defoe debuted in Toronto FC colors on March 15, 2014 in a 2—1 win against the Seattle Sounders.


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Defoe scored both goals for his team.


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Jermain Defoe

On 16 January 2015, with Sunderland and return to Bournemouth, Defoe moved on to Sunderland, playing in the English Premier League, on a three-and-a-half-year contract.


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Jermain Defoe

In connection with Defoe's trade, Jozy Altidore accordingly moved from Sunderland to Toronto FC.


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Jermain Defoe

In his debut match, Defoe made the day after his transfer against his old club Tottenham Hotspur.


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Jermain Defoe

Defoe failed to score in the match and the match ended in a Tottenham victory.


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Jermain Defoe

On 31 January 2015, Defoe scored his first goal in Sunderland colours in his home match debut against Burnley FC.


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Jermain Defoe

The match ended in a 2—0 win for Sunderland.


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Jermain Defoe

In July 2017, it was announced that Defoe would move to the ranks of AFC Bournemouth on a free transfer.


Question: When did Jermain Defoe play for the United States?

Jermain Defoe

Defoe has scored the most goals in the English Premier League at or after the 90th minute.


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Jermain Defoe

At Easter 2018, he already scored such a last-minute goal for the 15th time.


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Jermain Defoe

He has also scored the most goals in the Premier League as a mid-match interchange player who came on the pitch and as of Easter 2018 he has 24 of those goals apiece.


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Jermain Defoe

[7] Rangers On 6 January 2019, Defoe moved on loan to Scottish Premier League major club Rangers on a two-and-a-half-year loan deal.


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Jermain Defoe

In the national team, Defoe has represented the England national team 57 times and in the matches he has played scored 20 goals.


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Jermain Defoe

[8] Defoe was selected by England head coach Sven-Göran Eriksson in England's squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.


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Jermain Defoe

During the Games, Defoe did not even travel to Germany but was an understudy.


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Defoe was selected for England's World Cup squad for 2010 and the European Championship squad for 2012.


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Question: What was the top speed of HMS Leamington?

HMS Badsworth

HMS Badsworth (pennant number L03) was a Hunt-class Type II convoy destroyer of the British Royal Navy that served in World War II.


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HMS Badsworth

The ship was ordered on 20 December 1939 from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, as part of the 1939 Emergency Programme.


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HMS Badsworth

Its keel was laid down on 15 May 1940 with Admiralty working number J3260 and dock number 1055.


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The ship was laid down in the waters on 17 March of the following year.


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It was completed in 18.


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on Aug.


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[1] Service on HMS Badsworth passed after trial runs and entry into service to be trained at Scapa Flowhu.


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The ship's training began in September, upon completion of which it joined the Londonderry escort division.


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On 1 October at the Clyde, the ship joined Convoy WS12 with HMS Bradford, HMS Brighton, HMS Newark and HMS Lancaster as a local escort.


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HMS Badsworth

On 3 October, the ship separated from the convoy, returning to the Clyde.


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[1] On 13 November, the ship joined Convoy WS12Z at the Clyde with HMS Exmoor, HMS Vanquisher, HMS Witch and HMS Whitehall as a local escort.


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HMS Badsworth

On 16 November, it separated from the convoy, returning to the Clyde.


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HMS Badsworth

On 13 December, the ship joined Convoy WS14 as an escort with HMS Ramillies and HMS Beaufort.


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HMS Badsworth

On 21 December, the ship separated from convoy AMC Cilicia, HMS Beaufort and Freetown local escort after the convoy reached Freetown.


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HMS Badsworth

[1] 1942 HMS Badsworth returned in January 1942 from West Africa to Londonderry.


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HMS Badsworth

On 23 March at the Clyde, the ship joined Convoy WS17 with HMS Beverley, HMS Newport, HMS Keppel, HMS Leamington and HMS Volunteer as a local escort.


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On 27 March, it separated from the convoy.


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HMS Badsworth

[1] The ship was ordered in April to support the combined operation.


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HMS Badsworth

It sheltered HMS Queen Emma and HMS Princess Beatrix with four other Hunt-class destroyers while the landing ships were loaded with No1 and No6 Commando for attacking Bayonne.


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HMS Badsworth

However, the operation was cancelled due to weather conditions and enemy readiness (Operation Myrmidon).


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HMS Badsworth

After the ship was relieved of the operation, it returned to Londonderry.


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[1] On 15 April at the Clyde, HMS Badsworth joined Convoy WS18 with HMS Georgetown, HMS Lauderdale, HMS Lancaster and HMS St. Mary's as a local escort.


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HMS Badsworth

On 19 April, the ship separated from the convoy, returning to the Clyde, where it was assigned to protect a convoy bound for the Soviet Union.


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[1] On 28 April, the ship sheltered convoy PQ15 with the cruiser HMS Nigeria, the anti-aircraft vessel HMS Ulster Queen, the destroyers HMS Boadicea, HMS Matchless, HMS Somali, HMS Venomous and the Norwegian Navy destroyer NKM St. Albans.


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HMS Badsworth

On 2 May, the convoy came under air and submarine attack, when the merchant ship SS Botavon was sunk.


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The following day, HMS Badsworth assisted in the rescue of survivors of the SS Cape Corso and SS Jutland which had been destroyed in an air raid.


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HMS Badsworth

On 5 May, the ship separated from the convoy after it reached Murmansk.


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[1] On 21 May, the ship joined Convoy QP12 with HMS Ulster Queen, HMS Venomous, HMS Boadicea, HMS Escapade, HMS Inglefield, KNM St. Albans, minesweeper HMS Harrier and three trawlers.


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On 27 May, it separated from the convoy.


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[1] HMS Badsworth was ordered on 29 May to provide cover for a resupply convoy travelling to Malta (Operation Harpoon) and then prepared for the mission.


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On 6 June, the ship joined Convoy WS19S, which had voyaged in the Western Route area to Gibraltar.


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HMS Badsworth

On 12 June, the ship joined Force X at Gibraltar, whose other ships were the cruiser HMS Cairo, the destroyers HMS Bedouin, HMS Marne, HMS Matchless, HMS Partridge, HMS Ithuriel, HMS Blankney, HMS Middleton and ORP Kujawiak, the minesweepers HMS Hebe, HMS Speedy, HMS Hythe and Rye.


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HMS Badsworth

On 14 June, the convoy came under air attack.


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HMS Badsworth

The next day, the threat came from the ships of the Italian Navy tasked with destroying the convoy.


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HMS Badsworth

[1] The ship struck a mine on 16 June while entering port in Malta with two merchant ships preserved from the convoy, causing its bow to be badly damaged.


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HMS Badsworth

There was a gap of four times five metres in the bow of the ship below the water line and several persons were killed on board, including merchant ships rescued on the voyage.


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HMS Badsworth

On 17 June, the ship was transferred to the shipyard for repairs.


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HMS Badsworth

[1] On 10 August, the ship prepared for the return voyage, for which it embarked the next day with HMS Matchless.


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HMS Badsworth

The destroyers, meanwhile, provided cover for SS Orib and SS Troilus (Operation Ascendant, Force Y) returning to Gibraltar.


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HMS Badsworth

On 15 August, the convoy arrived at Gibraltar, from where, on 18 August, HMS Badsworth resumed her voyage to the homeland.


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HMS Badsworth

On 25 August, the ship was transferred to North Shields shipyard for repairs.


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HMS Badsworth

[1] The ship began test runs in November and it returned to her squadron at Londonderry in December.


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HMS Badsworth

On 18 December, the ship joined Convoy WS25, which voyaged to Freetown, with HMS Haydon and HMS Wolverine.


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HMS Badsworth

On 24 December, it separated from the convoy, returning to the Clyde.


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HMS Badsworth

[1] 1943 HMS Badsworth was assigned in February to the Mediterranean Fleet as 60.


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HMS Badsworth

Destroyer pennant for escort and support duties.


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HMS Badsworth

The ship prepared for her overseas deployment until joining Convoy WS28/KMF11 at the Clyde on 16 March with ORP Krakowiak, HMS Douglas, HMS Eggesford, HMS Goathland, HMS Whaddon, the sloups HMS Woodpecker and HMS Wren.


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HMS Badsworth

On 21 March, the ship separated from the convoy with ships cruising to Gibraltar (KMF11), where it began service in its new pennant.


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HMS Badsworth

[1] The ship struck a mine on 22 April off the Bone Peninsula, causing its stern to be badly damaged.


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HMS Badsworth

The left engine was destroyed and both axles warped.


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HMS Badsworth

The ship had to be driven ashore, from which it was later detached.


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HMS Badsworth

The ship was towed into port by the minesweeper HMS Clacton.


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HMS Badsworth

Repairing the ship was ordered to Malta, where it was towed in May.


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HMS Badsworth

Temporary repairs were completed in June, after which the tug Frisky towed the ship along with Convoy MKS15 to the home country.


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HMS Badsworth

The ship was transferred to the shipyard in July for repairs, during which time it was decided to lend the vessel to the Norwegian Navy.


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HMS Badsworth

HMS Badsworth was withdrawn from service in December.


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HMS Badsworth

[1] 1944 The ship was transferred on 8 August 1944 to the Norwegian Navy on loan, at which time it was renamed KNM Arendal.


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Question: Why did the Roman Empire succumb?

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (often including ancient Rome) was a vast empire that grew on the basis of the ancient Roman city-state, encompassing the entire Mediterranean region.


Question: Why did the Roman Empire succumb?

Roman Empire

The earliest signs of settlement in the Roman city area date from the Bronze Age to about the 14th century BCE.


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[1] Urbanization probably started in the 7th century BCE.


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Roman Empire

Rome developed over the centuries as a world power surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.


Question: Why did the Roman Empire succumb?

Roman Empire

In 395, the kingdom split in two, into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires, of which, however, Western Rome fell as early as 476, when its last emperor was deposed.


Question: Why did the Roman Empire succumb?

Roman Empire

Attempts to unify the Roman Empire under Eastern Roman leadership ended with the rise of Islam in the 6th century.


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Roman Empire

Yet East Rome, or Byzantium, existed, albeit greatly diminished in its territory, until the Turkic takeover of Constantinople in 1453.


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[2] Furthermore, the Empire of Trebizond survived until 1461 and the Principality of Theodoro until 1475.


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Roman Empire

History Early stages Information about the early days of the Roman city is largely shrouded under myths and legends.


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Roman Empire

According to contemporary conception, Rome originated as a Bronze Age village community perhaps around the year 1000 BCE.


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around, maybe somewhat earlier or later.


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There appears to have already been human habitation in the area prior to this from hunting and fishing.


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Roman Empire

Gradually, traces of nomadic, farming and burial rites appear in the archaeological evidence, then trade, social hierarchy, warfare, and village-like settlement.


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Roman Empire

[3] The territory of present-day Italy was home to many peoples at the time.


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Roman Empire

The northern part, Gallia cisalpina, or “Gaul of the Alps”, was not actually considered to belong to Italy, but was read to Gaul.


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Roman Empire

This land, divided into two halves by the Padus river Po, was forested and fertile.


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Roman Empire

Its inhabitants were predominantly Gaulish.


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Roman Empire

The central part, which was actually called Italian, was inhabited by three main tribes: the Etruscans, the Sabinese and the Latins.


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Roman Empire

The Etruscans, held together by a strong clergyman government, developed early into a locally significant civilising nation in areas such as trade and building arts.


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Roman Empire

The Sabine people, ruled by the heads of the character lineages, were the largest tribe in Italy, divided into many smaller peoples.


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Roman Empire

The Latins, whose society was more vernacular, made an early union of free cities among themselves, and was first led by Alba Longa, then Rome.


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Roman Empire

[4] 8th century BCE


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there are signs of Greek influences, perhaps from the Greek colonies of southern Italy.


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Roman Empire

The cities of Greater Greece, especially Cumae and its colonist-grown Neapoli (Naples), and the Doorian Tarentum, brought Greek influences to Italy.


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Roman Empire

[4] Rome was the place where the territories of the Etruscans, Sabines and Latins coincided.


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Roman Empire

That's how it took on itself influences from all of these three peoples.


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Roman Empire

The earliest population of the town, according to stories, were exiles and vagrants of predominantly Latin descent.


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Roman Empire

Later, Sabine people migrated to the city.


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Last was a period of strong Etruscan influence.


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Roman Empire

Already in Rome's oldest society, there was a strong confrontation between Sabine-Etruscan supremacy and Latin vernacularity.


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Roman Empire

[4] The Kingdom of Rome was founded, according to the lore, by the brothers Romulus and Remus on 21 April 753 BCE.


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Roman Empire

According to lore, Romulus became the first king of the city in 753 BCE.


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Roman Empire

The six kings who followed Romulus are considered real persons, but there are believed to have been other kings besides them.


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Roman historians dated the founding of the city just to the mid-7th century, as they knew the republic came into existence around 500 BCE.


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and believed the city had been ruled before it by seven kings.


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[5] From the King period 753—509 BC.


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there are no surviving documentaries.


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Roman Empire

Greek historians were, yes, aware of the growing city-state in Italy, but they did not write about it until the war between Rome and Tarentum in the 270s BCE.


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Roman Empire

During the two centuries preceding the beginning of the period, historians wrote a number of works on the king period, but they used Roman and Greek folklore as their sources, and many things have been invented, exaggerated or concealed.


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Roman Empire

[5] Not much is known about the six true kings of Rome, especially the first three, of whom only names are known in practice.


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Roman Empire

Historians associated with the kings afterwards the genesis of various Roman customs and institutions.


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Roman Empire

Numa Pompilius' time is reported to have been peaceful, and he is reported to have founded all the religious institutes and traditions of Rome.


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Roman Empire

The time of his successor Tullus Hostilius is reported to have been belligerent.


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Roman Empire

In the time of Ancus Marcius, the religious renewal and warfare of the united is told.


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During the last three kings of the 6th century BCE.


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in the late and 5th century BCE.


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Rome urbanized.


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[5] During the period 700—650 BCE.


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The hills of Rome were united, which tells, for example, the story of the robbery of the Sabinometers.


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Roman Empire

In the 6th century, Rome spread to Latium and destroyed its mother city, Alba Longa.


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Roman Empire

[6] [3] From the 7th century, signs of pilings have been found in Roman territory indicating some form of fortification.


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Rome, under the influence of Etruscan culture, began to form as an urban community in the 6th century BCE.


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within.


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The marsh between the hills was drained.


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At this point, Rome did not much separate from the other cities of Latium.


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Segregation occurs in the 5th century.


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Walls, government buildings and religious buildings can be found from this period.


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In addition, drawing inscriptions written in Greek letters have been found.


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[3] Republic Tradition states that the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, was deposed in 509 BCE.


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Roman Empire

The stories tell a small number of people about revolution.


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This may also have been a clash between the Romans and the Etruscans, or a conflict between the king and the supremacists.


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The displacement may also have been gradual.


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On the other hand, a republic might not be moved to until the 4th century BCE.


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in the conflict between plebeians and patricians.


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[7] Rome became a republic, governed by two consuls elected from members of the Senate by the citizens for year-long terms in office.


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Roman citizens were divided into hereditary privileged patricians and inferior plebeians.


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Influential patrician families were represented in the Senate, so the leadership of the state was practically in the hands of a narrow segment of the people.


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The consuls initially assumed the role of king, except for the position of High Priest of Juppiter.


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The rex sacrorum, or king of sacred things, was elected to this position.


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[8] Marriages between classes were not allowed until 445 BC.


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For the plebeians, 494 BCE was established.


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the post of folk tribune to which no patrician could be elected.


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This was the only post open to the lower class, but it had great privileges.


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Religious positions had later been limited to patricians only.


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Disagreements sometimes became so great between the social classes that the plebeians took their families and belongings and left the city, camping outside it until their demands were agreed to.


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This was the case in 494, 450 and 287 BC.


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The most common point of contention was land allocation.


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Gradually, the privileges of the patricians were dismantled and the posts were opened to the plebeians.


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The old patrician lineages and successful plebeian lineages merged together to form a new upper class.


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[9] [10] With its rise to world power Rome gradually expanded the territory it controlled.


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In the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.


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many wars were fought against the other states and tribes of Italy.


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At first Rome was just one of Italy's many city-states.


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However, victorious wars and skillful diplomacy gradually brought the Etruscan, Greek, Latin, Samnic, Celtic, etc communities under Roman rule.


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Their inhabitants generally did not receive Roman civil rights.


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[11] The Apennine peninsula was entirely in Roman possession by 270 BCE.


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Next, expansion continued to the coasts of the western Mediterranean, resulting in the Punic Wars against Carthage.


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Roman Empire

As a result of the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of Sicily, Hispania and North Africa.


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Then it was Macedonia, against which the Romans waged the so-called Macedonian wars.


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Macedonia was defeated in 197 BC.. The Seleucids were beaten in present-day Syria in 189 BCE.


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Roman Empire

Rome was said in half a century to have spread its domination from Italy throughout the world known to antiquity.


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Roman Empire

[11] A period of civil wars Rome was mired in crisis since 133 BCE.


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from.


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This led to a series of civil wars and dictatorships.


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Part of the problem was the change in social structure.


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Considered the backbone of Roman society, the class of free peasants contracted as large farms farmed by slave labour grew.


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Roman Empire

People applied to cities in which a restless and poor population was formed.


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The Gracchus brothers attempted to enact a land reform aimed at reviving the peasantry, but the Senate representing the grand landowners arranged for them to die.


Question: Why did the Roman Empire succumb?

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[12] The Senate-led army suffered defeats against Jugurtha, king of Numidia, 111—105 BCE, in the First and Second Sicilian Slave Revolts, and against the Kimbres in 105 BCE.


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Marius, the victor of the Kimbrie, replaced an army composed of conscribed peasants with professional soldiers recruited from among the poor population.


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Over the next few decades, warlords pursuing power with the help of legions loyal to themselves became a recurring phenomenon in Roman politics.


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The city-state's republican form of government no longer functioned smoothly within the empire.


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[12] Slaves rose again in revolt in 73 BC.


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Led by Spartacus in the Third Slave Revolt.


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Spartacus's forces struck many legions before losing to Crassus.


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As a result of the revolt, 6000 slaves were crucified along the Via Appia.


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In 91 BC.


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almost all of Italy revolted, and was pacified only by giving all the inhabitants south of Po River citizenship.


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Meanwhile, King Mithridates VI of Pontos took Bithynia, and Sulla, the warlord sent to overthrow him, marched to Rome with legions proclaiming himself dictator.


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After Sulla retired in 79 BC.


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the republic was restored.


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[12] [13] The warlords Pompey and Julius Caesar conquered Syria and Gaul from the Rhine all the way to the Atlantic.


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In 49 BC.