The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

An incredible map shows every country invaded by Britain ... referred to as Pax Britannica. In 1912, the British Empire held ...

At the outset of the First World War, the British Empire comprised 400 million people and its territorial arsenal was so vast that the sun never set on it. Since the end of the Second World War ...