It was thus the weapon that helped build the Second British Empire (1783–1815) and usher in Britain’s Imperial Century (1815–1914). After more than 125 years of use, the Brown Bess was ...

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

Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

Jeffrey Sachs comments on how closely 21st-century U.S. policy towards the Russian Federation mirrors how the 19th-century British Empire approached the Russian Empire. "We make up stories about ...

Eminent historian Devine follows up his acclaimed The Scottish Nation, 1700–2000 with a masterful study of the role of Scotland in the making of the British Empire and the development of ...

Three years after his magisterial study, “The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970”, the Oxford historian has returned yet again to the subject.

From India, further expansion was undertaken through Asia, and by 1913 the British Empire was the largest to have ever existed. It covered around 25% of the world's land surface, ...

British Empire is still being whitewashed by the school curriculum – historian on why this must change Published: November 2, 2018 9:22am EDT. Deana Heath, University of Liverpool. Author ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

The British Empire had its origins in the late 1500s. In 1585, Queen Elizabeth I gave Walter Raleigh permission to set up a colony close colony A country, state or territory ruled over by another ...