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European International Relations, 1648–1815 (2002) excerpt and text search; Burbank, Jane, and Frederick Cooper. Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference (2011), Very wide-ranging coverage from Rome to the 1980s; 511pp; Dodge, Ernest S. Islands and Empires: Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia (1976) Furber, Holden.
Austrian colonial policy; Belgian colonial empire; British colonial empire; Danish colonial empire; Dutch colonial empire; French colonial empire; German colonial empire; List of former German colonies; Italian colonial empire; Portuguese colonial empire; Evolution of the Portuguese Empire; Russian colonial empire; Spanish colonial empire ...
Bamana Empire: 1712: 1861: 149 Belgian Colonial Empire: 1908: 1962: 55 Bengal Sultanate: 1352: 1576: 209 Benin Empire: 1180: 1897: 717 Bogd Khanate of Mongolia/Great Mongolian State 1911 1924 7 (broken up from 1915 to 1921) Bornu Empire: 1380: 1893: 513 Empire of Brazil: 1822: 1889: 67 Britannic Empire: 286: 296: 10 British Empire: 1583: 1997: ...
A colonial empire is a collective of territories (often called colonies), either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, settled by the population of a certain state and governed by that state. [1] Before the expansion of early modern European powers, other empires had conquered and colonized territories, such as the Roman ...
Empires of the world in 1910. The policy and ideology of European colonial expansion between the 1870s (circa opening of Suez Canal and Second Industrial Revolution) and the outbreak of World War I in 1914 are often characterized as the "New Imperialism". The period is distinguished by an unprecedented pursuit of what has been termed "empire ...
This is a list of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) AD, such as the heads of state, heads of government, and the general secretaries of single-party states. These polities are generally sovereign states , but excludes minor dependent territories , whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 20th century .
Map of the European Union in the world, with Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions. Danish Gold Coast; Danish India; Danish West Indies Frederiksstad on Saint Croix, Danish West Indies, 1848; Faroe Islands; Greenland
Timeline of world history. These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history