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2. Territorial evolution of the British Empire - Wikipedia

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   The British Empire refers to the possessions, dominions, and dependencies under the control of the Crown.In addition to the areas formally under the sovereignty of the British monarch, various "foreign" territories were controlled as protectorates; territories transferred to British administration under the authority of the League of Nations or the United Nations; and miscellaneous other ...

3. British Empire - Wikipedia

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   By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the world population at the time, [2] and by 1920, it covered 35.5 million km 2 (13.7 million sq mi), [3] 24 per cent of the Earth's total land area.

4. List of empires - Wikipedia

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   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: 414 Bruneian Empire: 1368: 1888: 520 Bukhara Empire: 1501: 1785: 284 Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria ...

5. Kingdom of England - Wikipedia

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   In 1016, the kingdom became part of the North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between England, Denmark and Norway. The Norman Conquest in 1066 led to the transfer of the English capital city and chief royal residence from the Anglo-Saxon one at Winchester to Westminster , and the City of London quickly established itself as ...

6. Historiography of the British Empire - Wikipedia

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   The major multi-volume multi-author coverage of the history of the British Empire is the Oxford History of the British Empire (1998–2001), five-volume set, plus a companion series. [277] Douglas Peers says the series demonstrates that, "As a field of historical inquiry, imperial history is clearly experiencing a renaissance."

7. List of countries that have gained independence from the ...

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   In 1984 the British government signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration with China and agreed to turn over Hong Kong and its dependencies in 1997. British rule ended on 30 June 1997, with China taking over at midnight, 1 July 1997 (at end of the 99-year lease over the New Territories , along with the ceded Hong Kong Island and Kowloon ).

8. Wikipedia : WikiProject British Empire

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   4:18, 17 April 2021 (IST) British Empire in South Asia: User : Siegfied Nugent: 6:33, 17 September 2021 (AEST) General British Empire, though specialise in Africa, Asia and Oceania - particularly Australia and New South Wales. Current focus on Rhodesia. Governors, judges, administrators, colonial politicians. User : C411978: 16:01, 28 December ...

9. Imperial Federation - Wikipedia

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   Map showing the British Empire in 1886 (before expansion in Africa) The Imperial Federation was a series of proposals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to create a federal union to replace the existing British Empire, presenting it as an alternative to colonial imperialism.