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How Were the British Isles Put Together? - The Historical Layers of the British Isles | Sleepy Facts About History
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The names we use for the islands off the northwest coast of Europe are not merely geographical labels. They are sedimentary deposits, each layer recording a specific act of conquest, union, or partition. England is not Britain, Britain is not the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom does not include the whole of Ireland. Untangling this terminology requires looking past the map and into seven centuries of political history.
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