the wars of the roses were a series of wars for control of the throne of england
 regions counties and districts the subdivisions of england consist of up to four levels of subnational division controlled through a variety of types of administrative entities created for the purposes of local government
the area now called england was first inhabited by modern humans during the upper paleolithic period but takes its name from the angles a germanic tribe deriving its name from the anglia peninsula who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries