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  2. Kingdom of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    From the 5th century on, north Britain was divided into a series of petty kingdoms. Of these, the four most important were those of the Picts in the north-east, the Scots of Dál Riata in the west, the Britons of Strathclyde in the south-west and the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia (which united with Deira to form Northumbria in 653) in the south-east, stretching into modern northern England.

  3. History of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] Numerous other sites found around Scotland build up a picture of highly mobile boat-using people making tools from bone, stone and antlers. [9] The oldest house for which there is evidence in Britain is the oval structure of wooden posts found at South Queensferry near the Firth of Forth, dating from the Mesolithic period, about 8240 BC ...

  4. Timeline of Scottish history - Wikipedia

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    Date Event 547: Angles capture the Northumbrian fortress at Bamburgh and found the kingdom of Bernicia. 563: ... Scottish National Party founded. 1938:

  5. Scotland - Wikipedia

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    They have stated that, in 2022, the equivalent of 113% of the country's overall electrical consumption was produced by renewable energy, making it the highest recorded figure of renewable energy generated to date. [362] Scotland's inventions and discoveries are said to have revolutionised human technology and have played a major role in the ...

  6. Outline of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland is a country which is part of the United Kingdom, having previously been an independent, sovereign country prior to the 1707 union with England. [1] [2] [3] Established in 843, this would make Scotland the second oldest country in Europe and the fifth oldest country in the world. [4]

  7. Formation of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Troops from England and Scotland fought in Ireland, and Irish Confederate troops mounted an expedition to Scotland in 1644, sparking the Scottish Civil War. In Scotland, the Royalists had a series of victories in 1644–45 but were crushed with the end of the first English Civil War and the return of the main Covenanter armies to Scotland.

  8. History of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union.The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain.

  9. List of sovereign states by date of formation - Wikipedia

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    However, if viewed from a Scottish perspective, an unbroken history of sovereignty can be traced from unification in 843 through the 1707 union with England (with a brief annexation by England from 1657 to 1660). Some Scots view the 1707 union as a ceding of sovereignty to England.