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@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 >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
