How many countries did British rule?

The British Empire was the largest empire in history and, at its peak, it controlled about a quarter of the world's land surface. The British Empire included about 56 countries and dependencies, including Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, the United States of America, and Zimbabwe.

What does mean in connection with the French Revolution?

What nation did Josef Stalin lead in world war 1?

Alfonso VIII of Castile
Alfonso VIII (the Noble and the Navas) he was king of Castile. He was born in 1155, who was the son of Sancho III, whom he succeeded in 1158, under the tutelage of Gutiérrez de Castro; but the Lara managed to take away his guardianship, which led to a civil war between both sides; the King of Navarr
Ordinary Germans did not want a war with Poland at all?
Nobody doubts that Adolf Hitler wanted a war with Poland. But what about ordinary Germans? According to the book by German historian Jochen Böhler, many of them were not at all eager to conquer Poland, and even ... they were mortally afraid of a confrontation with the Slavs from the Vistula River.
On how Sancho IV earned the nickname "El Bravo"
If something happened regularly in Castile during the Middle Ages, it is that the kings are surrounded by nobles who seek to usurp their power and feel like kings without sitting on the throne. In this case we focus on the 13th century, and more specifically on the first years of the reign of Sancho
A lie has short legs, a story of a certain theft
It would seem that the position of the head of the Investigation Office in Łódź at the end of the 19th century was quite a job. Well, basically it was, but there is no rose without thorns. Jan Kowalik, who performed this function, found out about it when a relative of the tsar fell victim to the pic