· Early industrialisation and urbanisation. · 100 species in 20th century · Important wintering host for birds · Large mammals extinct · 3,354 plant species · Fortingwall Y ew · Trees up to 65 metres RELIGION · Christianity: · Anglicanism · Roman Catholic Church · Patron Saint: Saint Alban · The Jews expelled from England in 1290 but allowed to return in 1656 Cantenbury Cathedral HISTORY Boxgrove Quarry, Sussex 500,000 years 8,000 years ago joined to the continent by a strip of low marsh. Gaelic tribes, Germanic tribes Kingdoms unified in 10th century 1066 William the Conqueror 1 May 1707 "United Kingdom of Great Britain" · Kasutatud kirjandus: http:// www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/greatbritain.html · http://www.great-britain.co.uk/ · http://www.woodlands- junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/britain.htm · http://en.wikipedia
wildlife has had little time to develop since the last glacial period. The high level of urbanisation on the island has contributed to a species extinction rate that is about 100 times greater than the background species extinction rate. 2 The History of the Great Britain The island was first inhabited by people who crossed over the land bridge from the European mainland. Traces of early humans have been found (at Boxgrove Quarry, Sussex) from some 500,000 years ago and modern humans from about 30,000 years ago. Until about 10,000 years ago, Great Britain was joined to Ireland, and as recently as 8,000 years ago it was joined to the continent by a strip of low marsh to what is now Denmark and the Netherlands. Britain in the reign of Elizabeth 3 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra
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