TheUnitedKingdomcelebratesthemajorChristianfestivals(ChristmasandEaster)andNewYear.Ethnicminoritiesobservetheirreligiousobligations,festivalsandNewYea;...
SporthaslongbeenimportantintheUK.Thepublicschoolsystemplacedparticularemphasisonsportingendeavour.GolfwasinventedinScotland,cricketandtennisinEngland.;...
TheUnitedKingdom,consistingofGreatBritain(England,Wales,andScotland)andNorthernIreland,istwicethesizeofNewYorkState.England,inthesoutheastpartoftheBri;...
BritainswealthwasfoundednotonlyonitsownnaturalresourcessuchascoalandironwhichmadetheIndustrialRevolutionpossiblebutmorerecentlyoncommerceandtradearoun;...
StonehengeandotherexamplesofprehistoriccultureareallthatremainoftheearliestinhabitantsofBritain.Celticpeoplesfollowed.Romaninvasionsofthe1stcenturyB.C;...
BritainsChristiantraditionisavariedone.RomanCatholicismwastheofficialreligionuntilHenryVIIIsdisputewiththePopeoverhiswishtodivorceCatherineofAragon.He;...
AmongtheindigenoustreesinBritainaretheoak,holly,hawthorn,andpine.Themildclimateandthereadyavailabilityofwatersupportawidevarietyofflowersandotherplant;...
ThepopulationoftheUKwasestimatedat60,441,457in2005.SincetheNormanConquesttherehavebeennoinvasionsbuttherehavebeenmanysmallergroupsofnewarrivals.Some,s;...
TheUKsmainstrengthsintheartshasbeeninliterature,thetheatreandmusic.PaintingstyleshaverunfromtheLindisfarneGospels,withtheirCelticdecorationstotheclass;...