At its height in 1922, it was the largest empire the world had ever seen, covering around a quarter of Earth's land surface and ruling over 458 million people.

The first tentative steps toward the establishment of the British Empire began with overseas settlements in the 16th century. Great Britain's maritime expansion ...

At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the largest empire in history and, for a century, was the foremost global power. Economy of the British Empire · Historiography of the British · Empire flag · Portal

From the late 18th century it began to build power in Malaya and acquired the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, and Malta. The British settled Australia in 1788 and ...

The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I's rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in ...

8 февр. 2019 г. · The British Empire began in its formative years in the sixteenth century and flourished and grew dramatically, lasting until the twentieth century.

The territories that formed the British Empire—a word meaning sovereignty over a group of nations or peoples—ranged from tiny islands to vast segments of the ...

19 мая 2022 г. · The British Empire is without doubt the largest empire history has ever seen. In the early 1920s, it covered one fourth of the globe.

During the nineteenth century, the British Empire expanded greatly in terms of size, population and wealth. By the end of the century—which has been termed ...