page_title: British Empire
hierarchical_section_title: British Empire
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gebiete, die zur einen oder anderen Zeit Teil des britischen Weltreiches waren. Das Vereinigte Königreich und die Britischen Überseegebiete sind rot unterstrichen. English: The territories that were at one time or another part of the British Empire. The United Kingdom and its accompanying British Overseas Territories are underlined in red. Français&#160;: Territoires ayant fait partie de l'Empire britannique. Le Royaume-Uni et les territoires d'outre-mer britanniques sont soulignés en rouge. Русский: Территории, когда-либо бывшие частью Британской империи. Названия Британских заморских территорий подчеркнуты красным. Українська: Території, які колись були частиною Британської імперії. Назви Британських заморських територій підкреслені червоним.
context_page_description: The British Empire was made up of the colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories which were controlled by the United Kingdom.
  It began with the overseas colonies and trading posts set up by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history, and the world's most powerful superpower for more than a century. By 1922, more than 458 million people lived in the British Empire, which was more than one fifth of the world's population at that time. The empire was larger than 33,700,000 km², almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area.ᵖ¹⁵ Since it was so large, the British Empire has left a large legal, linguistic and cultural heritage. Like the Spanish Empire before it, the British Empire was often said to be "the empire on which the sun never sets" because it was so large that the sun was always shining somewhere in the empire. The Empire controlled land on every Continent.
  England, France, and the Netherlands began to make colonies and trade networks of their own in the Americas and Asia.ᵖ² England fought and won some wars in the 17th and 18th centuries against the Netherlands and France.
context_section_description: The British Empire was made up of the colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories which were controlled by the United Kingdom.
  It began with the overseas colonies and trading posts set up by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history, and the world's most powerful superpower for more than a century. By 1922, more than 458 million people lived in the British Empire, which was more than one fifth of the world's population at that time. The empire was larger than 33,700,000 km² (13,012,000 sq mi), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area.ᵖ¹⁵ Since it was so large, the British Empire has left a large legal, linguistic and cultural heritage. Like the Spanish Empire before it, the British Empire was often said to be "the empire on which the sun never sets" because it was so large that the sun was always shining somewhere in the empire. The Empire controlled land on every Continent.
  England, France, and the Netherlands began to make colonies and trade networks of their own in the Americas and Asia.ᵖ² England fought and won some wars in the 17th and 18th centuries against the Netherlands and France. After these wars, England (and then, after the union between England and Scotland in 1707, Great Britain) became the main colonial power in North America and India.
caption: All areas of the world that were ever part of the British Empire. Current British Overseas Territories have their names underlined in red.
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