Wales

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History 1) early period People settled in this area in Wales at the end of the last ice age. Documentary evidence appear during the Roman occupation of Britain. While Welsh lands were divided among several Brythonic tribes, the most numerous and powerful of which were Silures in the south-east and Ordovician in the northwest. 2)After the Norman Conquest After the Norman conquest of England in 1066 Welsh kingdom gradually began to fall under the influence of eastern neighbors, despite the opposition of the Welsh rulers. William the Conqueror tried to subdue the Welsh, creating some powerful fiefdoms on the border with Wales. Lords of the so-called Welsh Marches largely maintained its independence until the reign of Henry VIII 3) new time After entering Wales into England and the abolition of Welsh Marches is the destruction of traditional orders: Welsh gentry copy of the British way of life, many Welsh moved to London, where succeed. English Welsh replaces not only in public administration and court proceedings, but in the course of reform and the introduction of Anglicanism in the UK was carried out on the Welsh translation of the Bible and some liturgical texts 4)XX Century At the beginning of the XX century industrial growth continues Wales. In 1914, adopted a law under which the Church of England is no longer a state church in Wales, but it takes effect only in 1920, after the end of World War I. After the war, in Wales, as well as across the UK, there are significant social changes associated in particular with the increase in women's employment. From a political point of view continues to rise in popularity of the Labour Party.

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Geography Wales is located on an island in the west of the island of Great Britain. The total area of the country is about 20,779 square kilometers. Industrial production is concentrated mainly in the south of Wales, Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and surrounding areas. Relatively industrialized and northeast. Modern border between England and Wales is quite arbitrary: in general it has been installed in the XVI century, based on the borders of fiefdoms.

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Language and religion Gaelic language belongs to the family of Celtic languages and is closely related to Breton and Cornish. This is one of the oldest languages in Europe, it dates back to the 6th c. BC In poetry, a distinctive feature of the Welsh language is a special system.