[OT] The Fall of the British Empire???

[Craig Newman]

Apparently a commonwealth does not an empire make.

But whatever you think about empires overall, you have to give that tiny island credit…

Craig

> On Nov 18, 2023, at 6:37 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> > When exactly did the British Empire fall??
> Just like Hemingway's bankruptcy: slowly at first, then suddenly.
> 
> Lost the American colonies 1776-1783.
> 
> Canada 1867 - 1931
> 
> Australia and New Zealand 1901 - 1931
> 
> South Africa 1910- 1931
> Ireland (mostly) 1919-1937
> 
> Egypt 1922
> 
> Iraq 1932
> 
> 1940s
> India, Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka
> 
> 1950s
> Malaya, Singapore, Palestine
> 
> 1960s
> Most of the colonies in Africa, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Maldives, Aden, Cyprus, Malta
> 
> 1970s
> Bahrain, Qatar, Trucial States (UAE), Fiji, rest of the Caribbean
> 
> 1984
> Hong Kong
> 
> On 17/11/2023 17:20, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
>> Excerpt from The Livecode Team newsletter:
>> Several members of our team have been enjoying the Empire podcast recently with William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. This explores how empires rise, why they fall and how they have shaped the world around us today. The series covers THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE as well as the Ottoman Empire, with episodes around iconic events such as the fall of Constantinople and the Indian Mutiny among many others.
>> When exactly did the British Empire fall?? I thought it was still a thing?
>> Bob S
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