In 1952, British troops were fighting independence movements in Egypt and Kenya. They would go on to lose both, and many others. By 1979, the British empire was reduced to a few pockets around the ...

Learn about British history, including what the British Empire was and when it ended in this Bitesize KS3 history guide.

Disclaimer: this map is intended to illustrate trends in the British Empire at the relevant fixed points in time. It does not attempt to be a detailed representation of a world map featuring ...

Below is a map from 1901 showing the “British Empire” at one of its peak periods. The map doesn't convey the extent of British influence, especially, in Latin America.

Yet “Empireworld” seeks neither to bury the British Empire, nor to praise it. Mr Sanghera is not soliciting guilt or shame, for “history does not care about anyone’s feelings”.

BOOK I. is divided into three sections; the first deals with the growth of England from the time of the Roman invasion to the beginning of the sixteenth century, the second with the building-up of ...