Taxing salt in India was a lucrative activity for...  ...ng salt in India was a lucrative activity for the British East India Company, and the British Crown afterward, but it was onerous for Indians....  ...ndians. To prevent smuggling of untaxed salt, the British created the I...

The 105-carat Koh-i-Noor Diamond is part of the British Crown Jewels, and is on display at the Tower of L...  ...er of India was forced to give the diamond to his British overlords. But the history of the diamond goes ba...  ...ere, it changed hands by violence again. When the British Em...

The following is an article from The Annals of Imp...  ...form. Get a subscription now for only $25 a year! British photographers in India in the nineteenth century....  ...ndia in the nineteenth century. Photographed by a British photographer.by Alice Shirell Kaswell, Improbable...  ...well, Improbable Research...

“Curry” has become the unofficial cuisine of England, which has boosted that country’s culinary reputation considerably. It was once considered exotic, but shouldn’t have been, since it is eaten a...

(YouTube link)We once featured an Eule...  ...once featured an Euler diagram that explained the British Isles, the United Kingdom, and Great Britain. Thi...  ...clearly but quickly, then goes on to explain the British Empire , the Crown Colonies, Crown Dependencies, and othe...

(Video Link) Pedro M. Cruz, a graduate studen...  ...sed representation of the rise and decline of the British , French, Portuguese, and Spanish overseas empires from 1800 to 2000. He writes: The data refers...  ...ata refers to the evolution of the top 4 maritime empires...