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Map of the European Colonial Period in across the World in 1492 to 1945 Overseas possessions of a nation-state A colonial empire is a state engaging in colonization , possibly establishing or maintaining colonies , infused with some form of coloniality and colonialism .
The colonial map was redrawn following the defeat of the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire after the World War I (1914–18). Colonies from the defeated empires were transferred to the newly founded League of Nations, which itself redistributed it to the victorious powers as "mandates".
Substantial corrections to Ottoman Empire, Africa, and the Pacific: 10:41, 22 March 2007: 1,425 × 625 (66 KB) Roke~commonswiki {{Information |Description=Map of major world powers by year, derived from public domain animated map on wikipedia.
Map of colonial and land-based empires throughout the world in 1914 Imperial powers in 1945 After World War I (1914–1918), the victorious Allies divided up the German colonial empire and much of the Ottoman Empire between themselves as League of Nations mandates , grouping these territories into three classes according to how quickly it was ...
On the eve of World War I, France's colonial empire was the ... Map of the colonies in ... Assimilation and Association in French Colonial Theory, 1890–1914 ...
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970 (2009) excerpt and text search; Darwin, John. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain (2013) Ferguson, Niall. Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (2002) Gallagher, John, and Ronald Robinson.
German colonies in Africa, 1914. The following were German African protectorates: Kionga Triangle, 1894–1916; German South West Africa, 1884–1915; German West Africa, 1884–1915
Corn Islands (1914–1971) Canton and Enderbury Islands; Caroline Islands; Cuba (Platt Amendment turned Cuba into a protectorate – until Cuban Revolution) Falkland Islands (1832) Guantánamo Bay; Guam; Gulangyu Island (1903–1945) Haiti (1915–1934) Hawaii; Indian Territory (1834–1907) Isle of Pines (1899–1925)