The University of Birmingham's founder was the first industrialist to enter the highest level of British politics and a ...

The stakes were high. A massive 92% of Irish exports went to the UK, and civil servants in Dublin fretted about the knock-on ...

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen ... which meant the British could export and trade goods to this huge market. India also produced goods Britain could sell at home and ...

British mercantilism flourished during the middle of the 17th century at a time when England was flexing its muscle in the New World. The idea behind this economic policy was that the colonies existed ...

The Sherman Theatre in Cardiff was looking for stories that spoke to a Welsh audience at the time and representatives ...

Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain ... an 'underestimation' of the damage caused by the slave trade. A group of 15 Caribbean governments has unanimously ...

To the British, India served as the jewel of the British Empire. The coffers of Britain ... of Eurasian societies in an era of global trade and rising European power, 1750-1870.

Cholan Empire, astronomy, mathematics, Vasco da Gama, and the British East India Company. Discuss the Part 1 assignment and use the provided resources to research Roman-Indian trade. Write your ...

Some of the royal artefacts were stolen by British colonisers during the 19th ... in a possible model for other disputes. The trade in human remains was against a backdrop of "state-sponsored ...