UK
Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two Wor ......more... | |
Belfast
Unless you approach Belfast from the sea you cannot help but come upon the city suddenly because of its fine setting: a 'Hibernian Rio' as one writer has called it, ringed by high hills, sea lough and river valley.
A village in the 17th century, this robust northern metropolis of nearly half a million people - a third of Northern Ireland's popu ... ...more... | Edinburgh
Edinburgh and the Lothians.
When the Roman "Governor of Britain" Agricola advanced North in AD79 and reached the mouth of the River Esk at what is now Inveresk, he encountered the Celtic tribe of Votadinii.
The Votadinii controled the Forth River valley and based themselves at Dunedin... what is now probably Edinburgh Castle.
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