British colonial empire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_colonial_empire

GPTKB entity

Statements (105)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:areaAtPeak	35.5 million km²
gptkbp:beganIn	16th century
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:London
gptkbp:colonizedBy	gptkb:Anguilla gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda gptkb:Ascension_Island gptkb:Australia gptkb:Bahamas gptkb:Bahrain gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:Barbados gptkb:Belize gptkb:Bermuda gptkb:Botswana gptkb:British_Indian_Ocean_Territory gptkb:British_Virgin_Islands gptkb:Brunei gptkb:Cameroon gptkb:Canada gptkb:Cayman_Islands gptkb:Cyprus gptkb:Dominica gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Falkland_Islands gptkb:Fiji gptkb:Ghana gptkb:Gibraltar gptkb:Grenada gptkb:Guyana gptkb:Hong_Kong gptkb:India gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Jamaica gptkb:Jordan gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Kuwait gptkb:Lesotho gptkb:Libya gptkb:Malawi gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Malta gptkb:Mauritius gptkb:Montserrat gptkb:Myanmar gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:Oman gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Palestine gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea gptkb:Qatar gptkb:Saint_Helena gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis gptkb:Saint_Lucia gptkb:Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines gptkb:Seychelles gptkb:Sierra_Leone gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Solomon_Islands gptkb:Somalia gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands gptkb:Sri_Lanka gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Swaziland gptkb:Tanzania gptkb:Togo gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago gptkb:Tristan_da_Cunha gptkb:Turks_and_Caicos_Islands gptkb:Uganda gptkb:Yemen gptkb:Zambia gptkb:Zimbabwe gptkb:Maldives gptkb:Pitcairn_Islands gptkb:Antarctic_Territory British Antarctic Territory The Gambia
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency	Pound sterling
gptkbp:dissolved	decolonization
gptkbp:endDate	20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British colonial empire
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:largestExtent	early 20th century
gptkbp:monarch	gptkb:King_George_V gptkb:King_George_VI gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:American_Revolution gptkb:Indian_independence gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade gptkb:Boer_Wars gptkb:Partition_of_India gptkb:Scramble_for_Africa gptkb:Opium_Wars gptkb:Suez_Crisis
gptkbp:populationPeak	over 400 million
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ohio_Country
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6