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Island separated from mainland Europe 8,000 years ago
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Great Britain
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Widely considered to be the first and last King of Wales
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Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
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Noblewoman who according to legend rode naked through the streets of Coventry
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Lady Godiva
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Ship on which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
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Golden Hind
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London theatre associated with William Shakespeare, destroyed by a fire during a performance of Henry VIII
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Globe Theatre
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De facto Queen of England for a mere nine days
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Lady Jane Grey
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Failed assassination attempt against King James I, led by Robert Catesby who sought to blow up the Houses of Parliament
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Gunpowder Plot
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Brutal massacre in the Scottish Highlands that saw the associates of Clan MacDonald killed by government forces for their alleged support of the Jacobite's
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Glencoe Massacre
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Largely 'bloodless' revolution that deposed James II and saw his daughter, Mary II rule jointly with her husband, William of Orange
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Glorious Revolution
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Protestant and German born monarch who inherited the throne as countless others holding stronger claims were Catholics
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George I
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Territory ceded to Great Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht following the War of Spanish Succession
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Gibraltar
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Time standard adopted at the International Meridian Conference placing the dividing line between east and west at the Royal Observatory, London
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Greenwich Mean Time
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Frequently referred to as the 'second city of the empire' during much of the 20th century
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Glasgow
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Only British Prime Minister to have served four terms
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William Gladstone
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Turkish peninsular that saw significant losses by the Entente powers during WWI, felt heavily by Australian and New Zealand forces
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Gallipoli
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Indian nationalist who successfully led the campaign for India's independence
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Country that became the first in Africa to gain independence from Britain
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Ghana
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Agreement signed in 1998 that was a major development in the Northern Ireland peace process
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Good Friday Agreement
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