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The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come." Joseph Chamberlain, 1904.
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The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come." Joseph Chamberlain, 1904 The day of empires did indeed arrive in the late nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries, however, by the end of the Second World War, the situation had changed dramatically. Decolonisation, rather than imperial expansion had become the order of the day. An empire can be defined as ' different countries or states held together and ruled by the strongest nation in the group.'1[1] Perhaps the most powerful and expansive empire of this time can be said to be the British Empire. At one time in their history it could be boasted that 'the sun never set' over the British Empire's sphere of influence. Queen Victoria was declared by the British parliament as Empress of Russia on New Year's Day 1877. By 1897 British rule extended to such territories as Australia,...
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