In 1475, the Ottomans sent a military expedition to Crimea to seize the Genoese colonies along the coast. The result was a victory for the Ottomans. Not only did they emerge with the lands they ...

During that time, the prevailing economic wisdom was that the empire's colonies could supply raw materials and resources to the mother country and then be used as export markets for the finished ...

It dropped today for Commonwealth Day, which is celebrated among a group of mostly former British colonies. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from London. LAUREN FRAYER, BYLINE: In a video posted to ...

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Please contact us with any updates. The United States of America initially consisted of 13 states that had been British colonies until their independence was declared in 1776 and verified by the ...

In 1823 abolitionists formed the Society for the Migration and Gradual Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Dominions to call for the emancipation of all those enslaved in the colonies. Among ...