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Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)

5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects

King Charles III and Queen Camilla (Camilla, Queen Consort) wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Coronation of King Charles in London, England on May 6, 2023

British Royal Line of Succession

A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps

Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army

8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century

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The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) with its Summer coat on the left side and its winter coat on the right.

7 Animals That Turn White in Winter

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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Born	c.1612 • Northumberland • England
Died	May 12, 1690 • Southwark • England
Subjects Of Study	English Civil Wars • First English Civil War • England • history of United Kingdom

Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon

English statesman

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

John Lambert

English general

George Monck, detail of an oil painting after S. Cooper, c. 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

George Monck, 1st duke of Albemarle

British general

Samuel Rawson Gardiner

British historian

Charles I

king of Great Britain and Ireland

Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

English politician and author

John Pym

English statesman

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax

English general

Robert Blake

British admiral

William Camden

British historian

Henry Ireton

British statesman

Henry Wilmot, 1st earl of Rochester

English noble

James Stanley, 7th earl of Derby

English commander

Edward Montagu, 2nd earl of Manchester

British general

Roger Of Hoveden

English historian

Charles Fleetwood

English general

Thomas Madox

British historian

Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick

English colonial administrator

William Of Newburgh

English historian

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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