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CONTENTS•THE WORLDS GREATEST EMPIRE
•THE LION’S SHARE: THE BRITISH EMPIRE
IN 1918
• IMPACT OF THE EMPIRE ON BRITAIN
•LIFE UNDER THE BRITISH EMPIRE
THE WORLDS GREATEST EMPIRE
• BRITAIN HAD THE WORLD’S GREATEST EMPIRE 100 YEARS AGO
• ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION REGARDED BRITAIN'S QUEEN VICTORIA AS
THEIR RULER
• IT HAD BECOME HISTORY’S LARGEST EMPIRE, COVERING A QUARTER OF THE
WORLD’S SURFACE—SO LARGE THAT THE “SUN NEVER SET” ON IT.
• BY MID OF 20TH CENTURY IT BEGAN TO SHRINK AND OTHER COUNTIES GAINED
INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN
• TODAY BRITAIN HAS NO LONGER A EMPIRE