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On 1 May 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed, the result of Acts of Union being passed by the parliaments of England and Scotland to ratify the 1706 Treaty of Union and so unite the two kingdoms. The term "United Kingdom" became official in 1801 when the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland each passed an Act of Union, uniting the two kingdoms and creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom wiki]</ref> | On 1 May 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed, the result of Acts of Union being passed by the parliaments of England and Scotland to ratify the 1706 Treaty of Union and so unite the two kingdoms. The term "United Kingdom" became official in 1801 when the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland each passed an Act of Union, uniting the two kingdoms and creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom wiki]</ref> | ||
==Doggerland== | |||
[[File:Doggerland3er en.png|thumb|A map showing the hypothetical extent of Doggerland from now back to the Weichselian glaciation <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland#/media/File:Doggerland3er_en.png]</ref>]] | |||
Doggerland was an area of land, now submerged beneath the [[North Sea]], that connected Britain to continental Europe. Ancient Doggerland included the parts of the coastline of modern-day France, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, [[Ireland]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. | |||
==11th Dimensional Gates== | ==11th Dimensional Gates== | ||