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If the British Empire was so evil, why did so many countries apply to join? Cambridge historian ROBERT TOMBS challenges those who say we should be ashamed of it
The empire on which the sun never sets' is the ... almost exactly 100 years ago, when it reached its greatest extent. It really did span the globe, with a presence on every continent, from the ...
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Will the Commonwealth survive Queen Elizabeth II’s death?
“The British Empire was actually at its greatest extent and power right after World War I,” Australian National University’s History Professor Angela Woollacott explains. In the early ...