The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

The formation of the United States of the Ionian Islands under British rule in Greece is a little known period of the country ...

“The British Empire, which I loathe with a passion ... Deary recently released his first book aimed at adults, titled A History of Britain in Ten Enemies. The Horrible Histories books were ...

This course will bring you back down to earth. It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins, rise, fall and legacy. No subject is off limit. Its ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...

The wealth the British extracted from India 'would be enough to carpet the surface area of London in British pound 50 notes ...

Founded in 1988, the Center for British & Irish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder promotes research and teaching in all aspects of global British and Irish history ... and the British ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: No empire wins every fight, not even the vaunted British. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and... Here’s What You ...

The British Empire Medal was in recognition of the service that my taid gave to the mine. He was actually there for 57 years of his 71 years at the time he received his medal. He received the medal on ...