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  2. Levant Company - Wikipedia

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    The Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Elizabeth I of England approved its initial charter on 11 September 1592 when the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581) merged, because their charters had expired, as she was eager to maintain trade and political alliances with the Ottoman Empire. [1]

  3. List of countries that have gained independence from the ...

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    Date of Dominion status Date of adoption of the Statute of Westminster Date of final relinquishment of British powers Instrument of relinquishment Notes Australia: 1 January 1901: 9 October 1942 † [b] 3 March 1986: Australia Act 1986 Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia on 16 September 1975. Canada: 1 July 1867: 11 December ...

  4. Turkey–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    The relations between Turkey and the United Kingdom have a long history. The countries have been at war several times, such as within the First World War. They have also been allied several times, such as in the Crimean War. Turkey has an embassy in London, while the United Kingdom maintains an embassy in Ankara and a consulate in Istanbul.

  5. Colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    Portugal began establishing the first global trade network and one of the first colonial empires [6] [7] under the leadership of Henry the Navigator.The empire spread throughout a vast number of territories distributed across the globe (especially at one time in the 16th century) that are now parts of 60 different sovereign states.

  6. Timeline of British diplomatic history - Wikipedia

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    A History of England. Period 4: Growth of Democracy: Victoria 1837–1880 (1893) online 608pp; highly detailed diplomatic narrative; Bright, J. Franck. A History of England: Period V. Imperial Reaction Victoria 1880–1901 (vol 5, 1904); detailed diplomatic narrative; 295pp; online; also another copy Archived 4 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine

  7. History of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    For times predating the Ottoman period, a distinction should also be made between the history of the Turkic peoples, and the history of the territories now forming the Republic of Turkey [1] [2] From the time when parts of what is now Turkey were conquered by the Seljuq dynasty, the history of Turkey spans the medieval history of the Seljuk ...

  8. Foreign relations of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The first exchange of diplomatic missions between the Ottoman Sultans and the Muslim rulers of the Indian sub-continent dates back to the years 1481–82. Ottoman expeditions to the sultanates of Gujarat , Bijapur , and Ahmednagar were motivated by mutual anti- Portuguese sentiment; Ottoman artillery contributed to the fall of the pro ...

  9. British Empire - Wikipedia

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    Peace between England and the Netherlands in 1688 meant the two countries entered the Nine Years' War as allies, but the conflict—waged in Europe and overseas between France, Spain and the Anglo-Dutch alliance—left the English a stronger colonial power than the Dutch, who were forced to devote a larger proportion of their military budget to ...