British Empire

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The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.

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Generate an image of the British Empire (The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial empire ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British colonial empire ⓘ
linked to: British Empire
areaAtPeak about 35,500,000 square kilometres ⓘ
capital London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
coloniser Australia ⓘ
Barbados ⓘ
Burma ⓘ
linked to: Burma (until 1937)

Canada ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

India ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Malaya ⓘ
linked to: British Malaya

New Zealand ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
linked to: State of Palestine

Singapore ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Antarctica ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
South America ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalLegacy Westminster system ⓘ
cricket ⓘ
global spread of English language ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
railway networks ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
dissolution 20th century ⓘ
economicSystem capitalism ⓘ
mercantilism ⓘ
finalMajorColonyTransfer handover of Hong Kong in 1997 ⓘ
hasPart Aden Colony ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Aden

British Burma ⓘ
linked to: Burma (until 1937)

British East Africa ⓘ
linked to: Kenya

British Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Egypt

British Guiana ⓘ
British Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

British Malaya ⓘ
British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
British Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria

British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Somalia

British West Indies ⓘ
Ceylon under British rule ⓘ
linked to: British Ceylon

Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Australia

Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Dominion of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand

Straits Settlements ⓘ
Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: South Africa
headOfState British monarch ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
triangular trade ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalLegacy common law ⓘ
majorCompany East India Company ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
Royal African Company ⓘ
metropole Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
notableMonarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
Queen Victoria ⓘ
peakPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
politicalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
populationAtPeak over 400 million people ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

American Revolutionary War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Scramble for Africa ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

Seven Years' War ⓘ
decolonisation ⓘ
slogan the empire on which the sun never sets ⓘ
successor Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ

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Referenced by (2,288)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Great Britain → wasPartOf → British Empire ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony → partOf → British America ⓘ
linked to: British Empire
Battle of El Alamein → belligerent → British Empire ⓘ
Burning of Washington → attacker → British Empire ⓘ
Boston Massacre → hasCountry → British Empire ⓘ
Second Boer War → belligerent → British Empire ⓘ
Union Flag → associatedWith → British Empire ⓘ
British India → partOf → British Empire ⓘ
British West Indies → partOf → British Empire ⓘ
Province of Quebec → partOf → British Empire ⓘ
Province of Quebec → partOf → British North America ⓘ
linked to: British Empire
Ottawa Agreements → appliesTo → British Empire ⓘ
England → historicalEmpireCenter → British Empire ⓘ
Province of New Jersey → partOf → British Empire ⓘ
Province of New Jersey → partOf → British North America ⓘ
linked to: British Empire
Cape Colony → partOf → British Empire ⓘ
The Life of George Washington → setting → British North America ⓘ
linked to: British Empire
Mughal Empire → overthrownBy → British Empire ⓘ
Bombay Presidency → partOf → British Empire ⓘ
Colonial Office → jurisdiction → British Empire ⓘ
Claude Auchinleck → allegiance → British Empire ⓘ
Province of North Carolina → partOf → British Empire ⓘ
British Empire → alsoKnownAs → British colonial empire ⓘ
linked to: British Empire
Age of Sail → notablePower → British Empire ⓘ
The New World → mainSubject → British Empire ⓘ
The Age of Revolution → geographicFocus → British Empire ⓘ
Indian independence movement → opponent → British Empire ⓘ
Mary of Teck → associatedWith → British Empire ⓘ
Coat of arms of Bermuda → associatedWith → British Empire ⓘ
Siege of Havana (1762) → belligerent → British Empire ⓘ
Emperor of India → country → British Empire ⓘ
Bengal → colonialPower → British Empire ⓘ
Madras Presidency → colonialPower → British Empire ⓘ
Sind → colonizedBy → British Empire ⓘ
Great Trek → opposedBy → British Empire ⓘ
Malayan Emergency → opponent → British Empire ⓘ
British Malaya → locatedIn → British Empire ⓘ
British Malaya → partOf → British Empire ⓘ
Loyalist militias → allegiance → British Empire ⓘ