Professor Broome told the commission it was likely the "swiftest expansion within the British empire of any occupation of land", in part due to the desirable sheep country that was created by ...
The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I’s rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British ...
The British Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World System, 1830-1970 (OUP 2010; (Blackwell 2004); Ronald Hyam, Understanding the British Empire (CUP, 2010); Ronald Hyam, Britain's ...