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	The '''history of the British Isles''' has witnessed intermittent periods of competition and cooperation between the people that occupy the various parts of ], ], and the smaller adjacent islands, which together make up the ]. The isles' history has also been coloured by external forces and the significant influence that these people have had upon the rest of the world.

	Today, the British Isles contain two ]: the ] and the ]. There are also three ]: ], ] and the ]. The United Kingdom may be further broken down into four constituent ]: ], ], ], and ]. Each of these nations bears its own history, with all but Northern Ireland having been ] states at one point.

	The ] was ] of all of the British Isles from the ] in ] and the enactment of the ] in ]. Since then, many contemporary historians of the region as a whole avoid the term ''British Isles'' due to the complexity of relations between the peoples of the ] (see: '']'').

	==Periods==
	* ] (Prehistory–AD 43)
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	* ] (407–597)
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	==Geographic==
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	===States===
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	* ] (1541 – 1801)
	* ] (1707 – 1801)
	* ] (1801 – present day)
	** ] (1801 – 1927)
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	* ] and the ]
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	==Rulers==
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	==Topical==
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	==Institutions and buildings==
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	==See also==
	* ] - for history before human occupation
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	===Further reading===
	*<cite>]: At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC - 1603 AD</cite> by ], BBC/Miramax, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6
	*<cite>A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603-1776</cite> by ], BBC/Miramax, 2001 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6
	*<cite>A History of Britain - The Complete Collection</cite> on DVD by ], BBC 2002
	*<cite>The Isles, A History</cite> by ], Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-513442-7
	*<cite>Shortened History of England</cite> by ] Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-023323-7
	*<cite>]: 55BC-1901 </cite> by ] Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-026133-8 (originally a radio series )
	*<cite>The Reduced History of Britain - by Chas Newkey-Burden

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