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A Long and Illustrious History

Offa's Dyke is associated with which ancient ruler?

AKing Alfred the Great
BOffa, King of Mercia
CWilliam the Conqueror
DEdward the Confessor

Explanation

Offa's Dyke is a large linear earthwork roughly following the border between England and Wales, built in the 8th century on the orders of Offa, King of Mercia, to mark the boundary of his kingdom.

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