The British Empire was made up of the colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories which were controlled by the United Kingdom. It began with the overseas colonies and trading posts set up by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history, and the world's most powerful superpower for more than a century. …

The "First French Colonial Empire" was from the French colonization of the Americas to the Napoleonic Wars. The "Second French Colonial Empire" is the French colonies in Africa. From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire had a total area of over 10,000,000 square kilometres (3,900,000 sq mi), at its peak in 1680. At the time, it was the second-largest …

08/10/2021 · the empire on which the sun never sets (1583–1997), empire (1583–1997), historical country: Location: Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Kingdom of England: Capital

11/09/2021 · Territorial demarcations between the Portuguese and Spanish empire, resulting from the treaties of Tordesilhas, Saragoça and Alcáçovas (in German) the Spanish and Portuguese Empires in the period of their personal union (1581-1640)

Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Les empires coloniaux sont des ensembles de territoires que des États, disposant d'importantes forces militaires et navales, se sont appropriés au cours du temps sur la quasi-totalité du globe.

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...

08/02/2019 · The British Empire at its territorial peak in 1921. 1931 – The Statute of Westminster gave Dominions constitutional autonomy. 1947 – Declaration of Indian Independence and the partitioning of India and Pakistan. 1948 – British withdrawal from Palestine. 1952 – Mau Mau Rebellion broke out in opposition to white British colonial rule in ...