TheUnitedKingdom

　　whenpeoplerefertoBritain,theyoftenusedifferentnamessuchasBritain,England,theUnitedKingdomortheU.K.ButtheyarenottheofficialofthecountrywhichistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.

　　Itisanislandcountrysurroundedbythesea.ItliesinthenorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEuropefromwhichitisseparatedbytheEnglishChannelinthesouthbetweenEnglandandFranceisquitenarrowandtheNorthSeaintheeast.

　　theoriginsofanationwasfrom5000BCtoAD1066,theNormanConquest.WilliamtheConquerorestablishedthefeudalsysteminEngland.Theshapingofthenationwasfrom1066to1381.Duringthetime,Itwasthebest-knownevent,theHandredYears'warwithFrancefrom1337to1453.Attheend,CalaiswasonlypartofFrancethatwasstillinthehandsoftheEnglish.TheexpulsionoftheEnglishfromFranceisreregardedasablessingforbothcourntries.Transitiontothemodernagewasfrom1455to1688,itstartedastheWarsofRosesandendwiththeGloriousRevolutionof1688.theriseandfalloftheBritishEmpire

　　wasfrom1688to1990.ithappenedtheIndustrialRevolutionthatleadtoeconomygrowingveryfarst,theChartistMovementandtwoworldwarswhentheeconomyfelldown.

　　Economyrecoveriedanddevelopedquitesignificantlyin80sbutin1989inflationcausedbyover-heatedeconomybringingoneofthemostremarkableperiodsintheBritisheconomy.Until2008theeconomycrisescoveredallovertheworld,theBritisheconomyinflictedheavylosses.theeconomygotrecoveriedslowlyfrom2009tonow.

　　theBritainhasalonghistoryculture.TheWilliamShakespeareisgenerallyregardedasthegreastwriterintheEnglishlanguage.AndtheeducationisveryfamousintheworldliketheuniversitiesofOxfordandCambridgepopularlyknownasOxbridge.Majorsportsarefootballorsoccer,themostsportinEngland.ThenCricket,themosttypicallyEnglishofsports,hasbeeninexistencesincethe16thcentury.Itisplayedinschoolscollegesanduniversities,andamateurteamsplayweeklygamesincities,townsandvillagesfromlateApriltoendofSeptember.

　　Therearemanyscenicspots.ThetowerBridgeofLondoncanpassthroughthegiantTitanicarewell-known.StonehengeinWiltshireconstructedbefore2000BC.Exactlywhyitwasbuiltisunknown.BigBen,PalaceofWestminster,RiverThamesandsoonyoucantravelltotheUnitedkingdomtofeelnaturalandculturalbeauty.