(Cuddon p.281) English is a member of the Indo-European family of languages. This broad family includes most of the European languages spoken today. ... (Literature: The British Edition p.8) Of these above-mentioned branches of the Indo-European family, two are of vital importance in the development of the English language, the Germanic and the Romance. ... Ordenova) During the 7th and 8th Centuries, the Northhumbrian language and culture dominated Britain, but the Viking invasion of the 9th Century brought an end to this domination along with the total destruction of the Mercian culture...

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Widespread plague reaches Britain from Europe d. ... They left behind their culture, buildings, and mainly their language. 2. ... There traces of their culture, language, can still be found. ... It also linked England and Europe. Anglo. fought to protect the people, culture, and church from the ravages of the Danes. ...

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In theory the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) now plays that role but to what extent it will serve as an effective check and balance remains to be seen. ... Political culture in the United States is defined as getting laws passed. ... Continued economic decline, the unresolved Irish and Scottish questions, the mounting pressures of European integration and public dissatisfaction with the way the UK is governed, placed an almighty stretch on the elasticity of Britain's unformalised constitution. New Labour responded to these problems through the development of an expans...

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More than four million non-white Britons live in England, making it one of the most ethnically complex countries in Europe. ... The UK played a significant role in drawing up the European Employment Directive, which has been agreed by all EU Member States. ... Diversity goes further than food, however, with a multicultural society enabling everyone to experience live music, or art of cultures from around the world. ... In general it is likely that the majority of people have a fairly ambivalent / slightly positive attitude towards a multicultural society as they see the numerous cultural be...

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These are colonialism, world system theory, dependency theory, and the culture of poverty. ... They are the countries of Eastern Europe. ... The culture of poverty was proposed by John Kenneth Galbraith in 1979. He believes that some nations" cultures hold them back from becoming richer. ...

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Although the American culture had been based on the English culture, the American people developed their own culture. ... They knew that Europeans could not "rejuvenate" the harsh Southern soil. ... The North and the South also had negative images of each other and different cultures. ...

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Although the American culture had been based on the English culture, the American people developed their own culture. ... They knew that Europeans could not "rejuvenate" the harsh Southern soil. ... The North and the South also had negative images of each other and different cultures. ...

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Europe's first cellular network, the Nordic mobile telephone system, was launched across Scandinavia in 1981. ... As early as 1982, the European phone companies started working on a universal digital mobile standard, originally known as GSM, Global System for Mobile communications. ... Taking the form of a musical group, a hair cut, or even a certain brand of sneaker, these fads usually don't become life threatening or much of an economic burden on an already debt laden culture. ...

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Historian 2 Arnold Toynbee contended that the intellectual modifications transformed the English culture especially mechanical innovations and economic stability. ... Subsequently this encouragement and introduction of newfound ideas and scientific techniques that were been applied within their society ultimately urged the central banks and stock market companies to encourage people in Northern Europe to take risks with investments. ... This new modern technological breakthrough had a profound effect in Britain as it was the beginning of spreading their products not only into North Europe a...

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Factors that developed package holidays in the 1970s3:  The lifting of the government restriction that only allowed a person to take the equivalent of £50 abroad  Longer paid holidays in the 1970s encouraged people to take a second holiday  The wide bodies jets appeared in the 1970s reducing air fares further 3.4 Long Haul Destinations Long haul destination means for people living in the UK anything outside of Europe. ...

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