From imported plant species to water pollution, Britain’s 19th century wool trade transformed the world. I n the early 1910s ...

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins ... the origins of the second empire; explorers; liberalism and racism; the expansion of colonies ...

Afghanistan, neighboring the Russian Empire, became a focal point in the British policy of containment of Russian expansion. Seeking the neutrality of Afghanistan, the British officials aimed to ...