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Great Britain is a political term which describes the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, the three nations which together include all the land on the island. It is ... a geographical term referring to the island on which the greater parts of England, Wales and Scotland are situated.
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Although evidence of human habitation in Great Britain dates to 700,000 years ago, ice sheets forced the inhabitants from the island several times, and modern settlement dates only from about 12,000 years ago. Little is known about the earliest modern prehistoric inhabitants of Britain, but the remains of their dolmens and barrows and the great stone circles at Stonehenge and Avebury are evidence of the developed culture of the prehistoric Britons. They had developed a Bronze Age culture by the time the first Celtic invaders (early 5th cent. B.C.) brought their energetic Iron Age culture to Britain. It is believed that Julius Caesar's successful military campaign in Britain in 54 B.C. was aimed at preventing incursions into Gaul from the island.
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It would be easy to assume that Great Britain and Ireland have few "hidden corners" left. The islands are small…and the visitors numerous. But it's remarkable how much difference a few miles, and an unusual mode of transport, can make.
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