Great Breetain

Great Breetain (spelt Gret Breetain or Gryte Breitaen; Inglis: Great Britain, Scots Gaelic: Breatainn Mhòr, Welsh: Prydain Fawr, Cornish: Breten Veur) is the mukkilest iland o the Breetish Isles, the mukkilest iland in Europe an the echt-mukkilest iland in the warld. It ligs til the nor'wast o Continental Europe, wi Ireland til the wast, an maks up the lairgest pairt o the territorie o the state kent as the Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland. It is surroond'd bi ower ae thousan wee-er ilands.

Historie

The auldest evidence for archaic humans in Britain are the Happisburgh footprints an’ the stone tools found in Norfolk, datin’ tae aroond 950–850,000 years ago. Before 450,000 years ago, Britain wis part o’ the mainland o’ Europe until catastrophic floodin’ atween then an’ 130,000 years ago created the English Channel an’ turned Britain intae an island durin’ warm interglacial periods like the Last Interglacial/Eemian (130–115,000 years ago), though it still wis connected tae mainland Europe durin’ the glacial periods when sea levels were low. Archaic humans repeatedly occupied Britain before leavin’ the area durin’ cooler periods. Modern humans arrived in Britain aroond 40,000 years ago, as shown by remains found in Kents Cavern in Devon, followin’ the disappearance o’ Neanderthals. Before 9,000 years ago, Britain still had a land link tae the continent, with a stretch o’ mostly low marshland (Doggerland) connectin’ it tae what are noo Denmark an’ the Netherlands. Durin’ the Mesolithic period, Britain wis inhabited by hunter-gatherers. Neolithic farmers, comin’ fae Anatolia, arrived in Britain aroond 4000 BC, replacin’ the pre-existing hunter-gatherers. Aboot 2000 BC, the Bronze Age Bell Beaker Culture arrived in Britain, which genetic evidence suggests wis linked tae anither near complete population replacement. Later, a significant migration tae sooth Britain aroond 1000 BC might have brought the Celtic languages tae the island. Durin’ the Iron Age, Britain wis inhabited by various different Celtic tribes.

The historic kintras o Ingland, Scotland an the principalitie o Wales ar maistlins seetuate on the iland, alang wi thair caipital ceities: Lunnon, Edinburgh an Cairdiff respekivlie.

The iland wis brocht thegither unner ae croun in 1603 bi the Union o the Crouns, an unner ae pairlament in 1707 bi the Treatie o Union. See Kinrick o Great Breetain forby.

 See forby 
 Ireland


Category:Breetish Isles
Category:Metropolitan or continental pairts o states

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