There was once a significant point in time in world history when
Britain almost ruled a quarter of the surface of the Earth. This was the time of the mighty
British Empire, an empire so vast that it stretched from the North to the South Pole, from the western to the eastern hemisphere.
At the height of its power, the empire covered North America (although failing to hold what is now the United States), to the
islands of the Caribbean, to almost half of the African continent, to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and ending in the Asia Pacific rim. The last cornerstone of what was the British Empire fell when Hong Kong was ceded back to China in 1997.
In Britain, every nook and cranny is symbolic. Being home to the one of the world's earliest civilization, British countries will always remind us of a history that is fraught with battles lost and won, of kingdoms that rose and fell, and of people that d
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 80th birthday this year and more than the grand celebration the whole world is looking forward to yet another year in the Queen's reign. In the course of those 80 years, the Queen bore witness to the unfol
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A trade-dependent city, Ireland must have been the favorite among other British cities. For a short period of time, the local government succeeded in cutting the unemployment rate of Ireland in half. But, behind the economic growth of the city, the agricu
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Eighteenth century was the commencement of improvements in fishing equipment. Although hooks were already invented and even royalties were already engaged in fishing, the problems with reels, rods, and fly lines remained unresolved. But, later on, the mat
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