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William Snakespeare (2564-1616) is The world‘s greatest play-wright. cnd wrote many ccmedies and tragedies. as well as poems.

Stonehenge is on oncient monument of hugc Stones in England buiit from 2800 to 1800 8.C., though it ^;s not certcin who buiit it or why.

The Tower of London was a harsh pr.son begun in 1078 and expanded througn the centuries. Today, it houses the Crown Jewels of Britain.

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From the sixteenth through the First part of the twentieth centuries, the United Kingdom (consisting of Engfand, Scotland, Wales. and Northern Ireland) buiit a vast empire around the world, though most colonies are independent today. The U.K. was the first country to change from an agricultural economy to an industrial one. Though it is a monarchy, the king or gueen is only a figurehead and leaves the governing to the Parliament cnd prime minister.

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CAPITAL: London AREA: 9*526 sguare miles POPULATION: 60,270,708 LANGUAGE: English

CURftENCY. British pound MAIN EXPORTS: manufactured goods, fueJs. Chemicals, food, bevercges, tobccco