City Walls

York

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September 15th 2007
Imagine you are driving along a tree lined highway. No garish billboards obstruct your view of the forest which is broken by fields and pasture land for cows and sheep. Through the trees you catch glimpses of a city. Then the trees break off and you see red roofs and brick fronts stretching as far as the eye can see. Skyscrapers soar into the sky with their glinting steel and glass. And then ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more