But centuries of conflict would forge the power at the heart of the largest empire ... all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline.

SHAPIRO: How does the range of reactions that we've seen to her death reflect the queen's place in the history of the British Empire and the nations that it colonized? SMITH: I think it reflects ...

Her reign was a period of significant social, economic and technological change, which saw the expansion of Britain's industrial power and of the British empire.

Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire? is Murray's third Sky documentary series on British history, and the comedian tells Yahoo UK that it was important the show did more than just have ...

How History Makes History” (Harvard), a probing new book, the Stanford professor Priya Satia argues that British views of empire remain “hostage to myth” partly because historians made them so.

In 1838, the British parliament under Queen Victoria had abolished slavery throughout the Empire — a reversal of its history of enslaving and trading people, particularly during the ...

Despite hiding in plain sight, Britain is scarily good at sweeping its dark history under the rug. In tracing how the legacy of British colonialism and empire has shaped modern society ...