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Did the British Empire do any good?
One of the positive byproducts of an empire that spanned the globe was the spread of the English language. Today, English is the largest language by terms of speakers in the world and the third most spoken native language.The Empire was not fundamentally moral or emancipatory. That doesn't mean no good came from it. A colleague who was a Scottish history professor once observed to me the irony of the anti-imperial sentiment of contemporary Scottish nationalism.At its height in the 19th and early 20th century, it was the largest empire in history and, for a century, was the foremost global power.

What has Britain done for the world : Had the British never existed, you would not have the following:

  • Shakespeare.
  • The Industrial Revolution.
  • Charles Dickens.
  • Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace and the modern theory of evolution.
  • Isaac Newton.
  • The discovery of antibiotics.
  • The discovery of DNA.
  • The English language.

Should we be proud of the British Empire

We should be proud of our history, but we should remember the bad things that happened as well. We shouldn't have to feel positive or negative – it's nothing to do with us. We aren't personally responsible and shouldn't feel ashamed, but our country should do what it can to make up for the things its done.

Was the British Empire the greatest ever : In 1913, 412 million people lived under the control of the British Empire, 23 percent of the world's population at that time. It remains the largest empire in human history and at the peak of its power in 1920, it covered an astonishing 13.71 million square miles – that's close to a quarter of the world's land area.

5 of the worst atrocities carried out by the British Empire

  • Boer concentration camps. Armed Afrikaners on the veldt near Ladysmith during the second Boer War, circa 1900 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
  • Amritsar massacre.
  • Partitioning of India.
  • Mau Mau Uprising.
  • Famines in India.


In 1913, 412 million people lived under the control of the British Empire, 23 percent of the world's population at that time. It remains the largest empire in human history and at the peak of its power in 1920, it covered an astonishing 13.71 million square miles – that's close to a quarter of the world's land area.

Is the UK still a world power

Nevertheless, the United Kingdom today has retained global soft power in the 21st century, including a formidable military. The United Kingdom continues to have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council alongside only four other powers, and is one of the nine nuclear powers.Nevertheless, the United Kingdom today has retained global soft power in the 21st century, including a formidable military. The United Kingdom continues to have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council alongside only four other powers, and is one of the nine nuclear powers.The world would not be what it is today without Britain. We have Brits to thank for antibiotics, cement, the jet engine, the TV, the tin can and the world wide web, to name just a few.

As many as a quarter of Britons (27%) and Dutch people (26%) say they would like their nations to still have imperial status. In Belgium this figure is 21%, and in France and Spain it is 17%. Nevertheless, people in all countries are far more likely to say they wouldn't want their countries to still have empires.

Are Brits proud of colonialism : The British public are generally proud of their country's role in colonialism and the British Empire, according to a new poll. At its height in 1922 the British Empire governed a fifth of the world's population and a quarter of the world's total land area, but its legacy divides opinion.

Who beat British Empire : The United States' rising global influence and its opposition to imperialism made colonialism less politically viable, while Japan's wartime victories had destroyed Britain's imperial prestige.

How many people were killed by the British Empire

While the precise number of deaths is sensitive to the assumptions we make about baseline mortality, it is clear that somewhere in the vicinity of 100 million people died prematurely at the height of British colonialism. This is among the largest policy-induced mortality crises in human history.

Ultimately, the billions of dollars worth of debt following World War II marked the ultimate cause of the Empire's fall by forcing Britain to “[rev-evaluate] the value and cost of its colonial possessions” under pressure from the United States and United Nations (“A History of the British Empire”).

  • 1) British Empire (16th–20th centuries)
  • 2) Mongol Empire (1206–1368)
  • 3) Russian Empire (1721–1917)
  • 4) Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)
  • 5) Spanish Empire (15th–19th centuries)
  • 6) Qing Dynasty (1644–1912)
  • 7) Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
  • 8) Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258)

Why is the UK not a superpower : The Suez Crisis of 1956 is considered by some commentators to be the beginning of the end of Britain's period as a superpower, but other commentators have pointed much earlier such as in World War I, the Depression of 1920-21, the Partition of Ireland, the return of the pound sterling to the gold standard at its prewar …


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