1485 - Present Day (The Commonwealth of Nations)
The British Empire was the most extensive empire in world history and for a substantial time was the foremost global power. By 1921, the British Empire held sway over a population of about 458 million people, approximately one-quarter of the world's population. It covered about 36.6 million km² (14.2 million square miles), about a quarter of Earth's total land area. Because of its size at the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on the British Empire" because the empire's span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous colonies.
But what was its finest and greatest moment?
2007-02-17
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