british empire

british empire

Jun 18, 1667

At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power.[1] By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population at the time.[2] The empire covered more than 33,700,000 km2 (13,012,000 sq mi), almost a quart.

the british empire

Jul 18, 1667

that creating a web-based history site would provide me with . I do not think that I realised just how large and popular this site would become over the years. It receives an average of 4,000 different visitors every single day of the year. It is currently over 11,000 pages in length and grows insatiably.

british

Sep 17, 1667

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british empire

Sep 18, 2013

Confusingly, the two distinct British Empires outlined above are sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Empires respectively. It has been known for historians to refer to the Norman expansion of their Angle-lands (England) as being a distinctive Empire building era of its own