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For a full history of London your best starting point is [[w:History_of_London|the Wikipedia page on the History of London]]. Here follows a potted history for Wikimaniacs:

According to the medieval Welsh monk Geoffrey of Monmouth, London was founded by an exiled group of ancient Trojans who defeated the giants inhabiting Britain at the time and founded a city on the banks of the Thames. 

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Despite problems including being taken over by revolting peasants in 1381 and the death of half of the population from bubonic plague, London grew in political and economic importance through the Middle Ages. This importance grew further the more centralized the British government became, and the more globally connected Britain's economy was.
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