The Middle Ages (or the medieval period) was a time of almost constant war.

Proceedings in Parliament are broadcast on television and published in official reports called Hansard.

The population of the UK in 1700 was 5 million people.

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Sir Edwin Lutyens designed New Delhi to be the seat of government in India.

In 1284 King Edward I of England introduced the Statute of Rhuddlan, which annexed Wales to the Crown of England.

Bonfire Night is celebrated on the 5th of November.

The war against Japan ended in August 1945 when the United States dropped its newly developed atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Elizabethan period is also remembered for the richness of its poetry and drama, especially the plays and poems of William Shakespeare.

This procedure is used for claims of less than £10,000 in England and Wales and £3,000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

MPs are elected through a system called ‘first past the post’. In each constituency, the candidate who gets the most votes is elected.

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded annually for the best fiction novel written by an author from the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe. It has been awarded since 1968. Past winners include Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel and Julian Barnes.

People facing domestic violence can get help from a solicitor or the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933.

Ulster fry is a a traditional meal from Northern Ireland with bacon, eggs, sausage, black pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, soda bread and potato bread.

In 1837, Queen Victoria became queen of the UK at the age of 18.

The Eden Project is located in Cornwall, in the south west of England. Its biomes, which are like giant greenhouses, house plants from all over the world.

The capital city of Wales is Cardiff.

The job of the police in the UK is to protect life and property, prevent disturbances (also known as keeping the peace) and prevent and detect crime.

The Proms have been organised by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) since 1927.

In the 18th century, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown designed the grounds around country houses so that the landscape appeared to be natural, with grass, trees and lakes.

Emperor Hadrien built a wall in the north of England to keep out the Picts (ancestors of the Scottish people).

Since 1997, some powers have been devolved from the central government to give people in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland more control over matters that directly affect them.

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