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Roughly 98% of Belgium's overseas territory was just one colony (about 76 times larger than Belgium itself) – known as the Belgian Congo. The colony was founded in 1908 following the transfer of sovereignty from the Congo Free State , which was the personal property of Belgium's king, Leopold II .
English: This map depicts Belgium's colonial empire at its peak in the interbellum. Black : Belgium Black cubes : The Tangier International Zone in Morocco and Belgian concession of Tianjin in China.
For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the Carolingian Empire, or divided into a number of smaller states, prominent among them being the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the County of Namur, the County of Hainaut and the County of Luxembourg.
The home and colonial areas of the world's empires in 1908, as given by The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer. Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed.
Map of the European Colonial Period in across the World in 1492 to 1945 ... A colonial empire is a state engaging in colonization, ... Belgian Empire ...
The Belgian-owned Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, which would come to dominate copper mining, used a direct rail line to the sea at Beira. World War I increased demand for copper, and production soared from 997 tons in 1911 to 27,462 tons in 1917, then fell off to 19,000 tons in 1920. Smelters operated at Lubumbashi.
Territorial extent of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 [8] [9] Sultanate of Aceh (1569–1903) Yettishar (1873–1877) Maldives; Rumelia; Ottoman North Africa. Ottoman Egypt; Ottoman Tripolitania; Ottoman Tunisia; Ottoman Algeria; Morocco (1526–1544) Ottoman Northeast Africa. Ottoman Jeddah and Habesh; Ottoman Zeila; Ottoman Arabia. Sharifate of ...
Belgium, [a] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [b] is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. It covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) [4] and has a population of more than 11.7 million ...