What was Mercia?
Q: What was Mercia?
A: Mercia was one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the Heptarchy.
Q: Where was Mercia located?
A: Mercia was in the region now known as the English Midlands, including both the East Midlands and the West Midlands.
Q: What was the center of Mercia?
A: Mercia was centered on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries.
Q: Who settled in Mercia?
A: Mercia was settled by Angles, whose name is the root of the name 'England'.
Q: Who were Mercia's neighbors?
A: Mercia's neighbors included other Angles, Saxons and Jutes, all from Germany. It bordered on Northumbria, Wessex, Sussex, Essex and East Anglia.
Q: What was the capital of Mercia?
A: The capital of Mercia was Tamworth, which is today part of Staffordshire.
Q: Who were living in the west of Mercia?
A: To the west of Mercia were Britons in Powys and the kingdoms of southern Wales.
