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4 days ago · List of largest empires. The (red) and (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of the Mongol Empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars. Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and ...
1 day ago · Beginning in the 16th century, the monarch was the nominal head of what came to be the vast British Empire, which covered a quarter of the world's land area at its greatest extent in 1921. The title Emperor of India was added to the British monarch's titles between 1876 and 1948.
1 day ago · This is a list of conflicts involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and generally the British Isles ). Notable militarised interstate disputes are included. For a list of wars before the Acts of Union 1707 please see List ...
3 days ago · The term Great Britain, which this article uses as a geographic designation, is often used as a synonym for the United Kingdom, a political entity that includes England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and that was once part of the British Empire.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · British army, in the United Kingdom, the military force charged with national defense and the fulfillment of international mutual defense commitments. The army of England before the Norman Conquest consisted of the king’s household troops (housecarls) and all freemen able to bear arms, who served under the fyrd system for two months a year.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · From January to mid-February 2003 six one-hour television programmes, four lectures to substantial audiences in the University of London’s Senate House, and a large glossy book have been devoted to his theme of ‘empire’ or, as he also puts it, ‘how Britain made the modern world’.
May 14, 2024 · Nigeria and Cameroon under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1887-1962. Scottish Trade with Africa and the West Indies in the Early 18th Century, 1694-1709. Sierra Leone under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1893-1961. South Africa in records from colonial missionaries, 1819-1900.
