The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) was created by the Act of Union 1800 and constitutes the greater part of the British Isles， a group of islands lying off the northwest coast of E The largest of the islands is Great Britain， which comprises England， Wales and S Next largest is Ireland， comprising Northern Ireland， which is part of the United Kingdom， and， in the south， the Republic of I Culture in the United Kingdom is rich and diverse， with a strong tradition of literature， theatre， popular and orchestral music and the performing These， together with collections in UK museums and galleries， act as a magnet for overseas visitors and make a substantial contribution to the According to economic estimates made by the Department for Culture，Media and Sport (DCMS)， the creative industries accounted for nearly 8 per cent of UK gross domestic product in 2000， and provided nearly 2 million jobs in December Colour brochures are available here on various aspects of UK culture， including the arts， architecture， dance， the visual arts， and literature and
BC in the Mediterranean Iberian people， BAK people， Celtic， has come to B 1-5 century， south-east England， the Roman E ， After the withdrawal of the Romans， the Anglo people in northern Europe， Saxons， Jutes invaded and settled in The 7th century the feudal system began to take shape， many small countries， and into seven kingdoms strive for hegemony over 200 years， called "Anglo - Saxon " 829 King of Wessex love Gebert unified E 8 end of the century the Danes were struck from 1016 to 1042 as part of the Danish Viking King was later short-term rule， in 1066， Duke of Normandy crossed the sea to conquer E In 1215 King John was forced to sign Magna Carta， kingship was From 1338 to 1453 English law， "the Hundred Years War，" the British after the defeat and win a In 1588， defeated the Spanish "Armada"， to establish maritime Bourgeois revolution broke out in May 19， 1649 declared a 1660 Dynasty restoration took place in 1668 "Glorious Revolution" established a constitutional 1707 England and Scotland merged in 1801 they merged with the I The latter half of the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century， becoming the world's first industrial revolution， a complete 19th century was the heyday of the British Empire in 1914 the colonial possession of 111 times more than the local big was the first colonial power， claiming to be "follow the sun " After World War I began to British in Northern Ireland was established in 1920， the county， and in 1921 to 1922 in southern Ireland， from its rule to allow the establishment of an independent Westminster Act， enacted in 1931， was forced to recognize its dominion in the internal affairs and foreign policy of independence， the British Empire， shaken from the colonial World War II， greatly weakened the economic strength and political status With the 1947 India and Pakistan have independence， to 60 years， the British Empire， the collapse of the colonial In January 1973 to join the EC
United Kingdom of Great Britain's full name， is from England， Scotland， Wales and Northern Ireland United Kingdom， it is unified in a central government and head of Located in the northwest of the UK Continental Europe， United Kingdom in the British Isles， was the North Sea， English Channel， Celtic Sea， Ireland， surrounded by Sea and the Atlantic O Land area of 243，600 square kilometers，with a population of about 60 Britain is the world's first industrialized country， and it is a multi-cultural and open-minded London is the capital of Europe's largest and the most international
