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The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles, it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.

Elizabeth I 

Was one of the most famous queens England ever had. She was the last Tudor monarch (a monarch is a king or queen).

Elizabeth I was King Henry VIII’s youngest daughter, and her mother was Anne Boleyn.

The 44 years in which Elizabeth I ruled England are called the Golden Age, because England was very prosperous. 

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• Elizabeth was born on 7 September 1533. Her mother was Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife.
  
• Elizabeth had a half-sister, Mary, and a half-brother, Edward. Both ruled England before she became queen.
  
• Elizabeth I was the last Tudor monarch – she never married.
  
• Elizabeth I is famous for having red hair, like her father Henry VIII.
  
• During Elizabeth I's reign lots of English explorers searched for new lands and treasures. The explorer Sir Francis Drake was knighted by Elizabeth for services to his country.
  
• The time when Elizabeth I was Queen is known as England’s Golden Age.
  
• In 1588 the King of Spain, Philip I, sent a fleet of ships called the Armada to invade England, but they were defeated. Elizabeth gave a famous speech to encourage her troops at Tilbury.
  
• Elizabeth I wore thick white makeup to cover up scars on her face leftover from when she had smallpox. Smallpox was a very serious disease in Tudor times that gave people blisters all over their face and skin. Elizabeth I caught it too – she got better, but had scars on her face that she covered with white makeup for the rest of her life.
• Elizabeth I died on 24 March 1603. She is buried in Westminster Abbey.
• Elizabeth I did a lot of travelling around England. You may spot signs saying ‘Queen Elizabeth I slept here’ around the country
  

• Elizabeth could speak six languages!
  
• Elizabeth I had red hair. She wore a wig because that’s what rich people in Tudor times did, and even her wig was red.
  
• Elizabeth I is also called the Virgin Queen because she never married. Her other nickname is Good Queen Bess.
  
• None of Queen Elizabeth I’s dresses are still around today, but we know what she wore because of what we can see in paintings. Her clothes were very beautiful, and decorated with jewels and pretty designs.
  

Aegean sea

The sparkling blie Aegean sea lies between the prninsula :[pəˈnɪnsələ] of Greece on the west and kurkey on the east. The aegeon sea was the cradle of two of the great early civilization Crete希腊克里特岛and greece.

There is little marine life in the Aegean sea because of its low nutrient content. However many fishes mainly from the black sea, enter the Aegean for breeding purposes because the water is warm.

Beginning in the late 20the century, greece renewed its effort to explores the seabed for oil and natural gas reserves. The countey discovered significant deposits of those fuels in the northern Aegean in the 21st century

Mediterranean [ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən] sea is the sea between southern Europe and North Africa