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The British Empire was once the largest empire in history, controlling vast territories across every continent. But how did the British manage to rule the world for centuries? This video explores ...
The British government took control of the company to protect the country's ability to produce virgin steel from Chinese intervention.
The return of the Benin Bronzes, looted by British colonial forces in 1897, has become a rallying cry for Nigeria’s cultural restitution movement. Despite ...
Rights group Oxfam's latest report released on Monday said that the UK extracted $64.82 trillion from colonial India between 1765 and 1900, and the richest 10 per cent of Britons earned $33.8 ...
Today, WTR has launched Primary Sources, a new repository of primary legislation covering core areas of IP interest. With over 1,100 documents across 100 jurisdictions, the database holds the most ...
The term colonial architecture broadly refers to the buildings and homes that were constructed during a period of colonization in a given country. American colonial architecture emerged in the ...
Although officials paid compensation after a 1919 massacre in Punjab, they paid far less to Indian families than Europeans.
In protest, some Indians resorted to attacking the colonial government's infrastructure, such as railway lines, telegraph wires, and local banks. British officials responded with great force.
The majestic staircase that greeted me at the British Colonial in downtown Nassau isn't reserved just for hotel guests. A doorman, my excursion driver and a housekeeper remarked that nearly ...
The British Museum has announced a presentation of new commissions by the artist Hew Locke that will explore the collection's colonial past.
Seven royal artifacts looted 150 years ago by British colonial forces from Ghana’s ancient Asante kingdom and kept by a United States museum have been returned and presented to the kingdom on ...
The British countryside is a "racist and colonial" white space and people of colour are often framed as "out of place", wildlife charities have said.