そしてディールはヨーロッパ大陸にとても近かったために、いつも最初に侵略されるイギリスの地域のひとつでした。の英語

And because Deal is very near continental Europe, it's always been one of the first areas of Britain to be invaded.

a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492

king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)

king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477)

an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC

the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia

German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)

an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq

a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806

an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt

in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England

the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries

a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times

The Gileadites asked each person who wanted to cross the Jordan to say "Shibboleth."

an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC

an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia

a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland

a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium

the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria

The idea of connecting the two continents with an undersea tunnel was initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan in 1860.

of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture

a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719)

the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest

king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)

a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)

son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223)

king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999)