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  2. Anti-imperialism - Wikipedia

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    By the 1920s, the government was sponsoring large-scale exhibits promoting imperialism, notably the 1924 British Empire Exhibition in London and the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition. Some intellectuals used the opportunity to criticise imperialism as a policy. [30] Moderately active anti-imperial movements emerged in Canada and Australia.

  3. Empire - Wikipedia

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    An empire is an aggregate of many separate states or territories under a supreme ruler or oligarchy. [7] This is in contrast to a federation, which is an extensive state voluntarily composed of autonomous states and peoples. An empire is a large polity which rules over territories outside of its original borders.

  4. Reich - Wikipedia

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    It is also used in words such as udenrigs (Danish), utrikes (Swedish) and utenriks (Norwegian), relating to foreign countries and other things from abroad. The opposite word is indenrigs / inrikes / innenriks, meaning domestic. The adjective form of the word, rig in Danish and rik in Swedish/Norwegian, means "rich" like in other Germanic languages.

  5. King open to removing word ‘empire’ from OBE honours amid ...

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    Several figures have previously refused honours over the word empire, such as Alan Cumming who handed back the OBE he won in 2009 last year due to its association with the “toxicity of empire”.

  6. Decolonization - Wikipedia

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    In other words, colonial powers had more support from their own region in pursuing colonies in the 19th century than they did in the 20th century, where holding on to such colonies was often understood to be a burden. [29] A great deal of scholarship attributes the ideological origins of national independence movements to the Age of Enlightenment.

  7. List of alternative country names - Wikipedia

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    Federative Republic of Brazil (official, English), Pindorama (in Tupi and Guarani, native languages), Terra de Santa Cruz (early Portuguese colonization), Ilha de Vera Cruz (former, Portuguese), Empire of Brazil (former, English), United States of Brazil (former, English), República Federativa do Brasil (official, Portuguese)

  8. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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    Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]

  9. Nation state - Wikipedia

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    The multi-ethnic empire was a monarchy, usually absolute, ruled by a king, emperor or sultan. [a] The population belonged to many ethnic groups, and they spoke many languages. The empire was dominated by one ethnic group, and their language was usually the language of public administration. The ruling dynasty was usually, but not always, from ...