England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population.
England became a unified state in the year 927 and takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled there during the 5th and 6th centuries.
It has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world being the place of origin of the English language, the Church of England, and English law, which forms the basis of the common law legal systems of countries around the world.
England was the birth place of the Industrial Revolution, thus being the first country in the world to industrialise.
It is home to the Royal Society, which laid the foundations of modern experimental science. |
