ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hep meaning seven. The heptarchy was the seven English kingdoms that existed between the sixth and ninth centuries consisting of Kent, Northumbria, Wessex, Mercia, Sussex, Essex and East Anglia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heptarchy, word used to designate the period between the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England toward the end of the 5th century ce and the destruction of most of them by the Danes in the second half of the 9th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anglo-Saxon Britain was divided and ruled very differently to the way we know now. By 556, Britain was divided into 7 Kingdoms: Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Sussex, Kent, Essex and East Anglia. Each was ruled by a different king. They fought to defend their kingdom or take control of other kingdoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Heptarchy were the seven petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England that flourished from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century until they were consolidated in the 8th century into the four kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbria, Wessex and East Anglia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Prior to the events of House of the Dragon, the ruling King Aegon Targaryen (also known as Aegon the Conqueror) united the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. The stories of Aegon and his dragons are referred to at several points within Game of Thrones and considered a defining moment in Westerosi history.