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England is arguably the oldest European national kingdom: it has had a continuous institutional history since its creation (in 927). Footnote 1 English ethnicity no doubt originated in early mediaeval Britain but it nonetheless acknowledged aspects of identity derived from contributory Germanic ethnicities.
England. England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and is located to the north-west of mainland Europe. England is often mistakenly considered the same as the United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists of England, Scotland, and Wales.
May 6, 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Martin Hancock, Michael Sheen, Nathalie Cox, Eriq Ebouaney. Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution. It was also an early colonial power, with colonies in Asia and Africa, and the ...
The Heptarchy were the seven petty kingdoms [1] [2] [3] of Anglo-Saxon England that flourished from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century until they were consolidated in the 8th century into the four kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, and Wessex . The term 'Heptarchy' (from the Greek ἑπταρχία, 'heptarchia ...
Great Britain, therefore, is a geographic term referring to the island also known simply as Britain. It’s also a political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up of England, Scotland, and Wales (including the outlying islands that they administer, such as the Isle of Wight). United Kingdom, on the other hand, is purely a political ...
Heptarchy, word used to designate the period between the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England toward the end of the 5th century ce and the destruction of most of them by the Danes in the second half of the 9th century. It is derived from the Greek words for "seven" and "rule." The seven kingdoms were Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia ...
