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 =The British Empire =

 It was sometimes said that the sun never set on the British Empire. The British Empire spread all the way around the world, so you could always see the sun somewhere in the Empire.

 The British Empire, which had spread the world, is diminishing. It lost the American colonies in 1776 and India in 1947 to rebellions, and Hong Kong was given to the Chinese.

 The British still own varies strategic foot-holds around the world, though, like Gibralter Imperialism in India the British Imperial Bibliography