It spread from the Americas to include colonies in Africa, Asia and Australasia. During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in ...

It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins, rise, fall and legacy. No subject is off limit. Its primary focus is on understanding the ...

it is possible to travel down the spine of Africa on a railroad in what were parts of the British empire cobbled together by people like Rhodes. Rhodes was a ruthless businessman who used his ...

The struggle of Africa and the Middle East against foreign oppression did not end with the fall of colonial empires. Instead, ...

Gladstone, again her prime minister, disliked about British colonial ... of diminishing Empire. Mahdi. Hulton Getty Picture Archive. The Queen's experience of colonial Africa had been even more ...

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a UK honours system that ... first, receiving South Africa's national honour, the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver (OIS), for excellent contributions ...