COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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German
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Belgian
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British
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -British Empire. German Empire. The empire that uses the phrase “The sun never set” can be regarded as A British empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British empire spanned the globe. This led to the saying that the sun never set on it, since it was always daytime somewhere in the empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -In James Joyce’s Ulysses, Mr Deasey says the quote “The sun never sets on the British Empire” was written by a French Celt. Who was he? The words were inspired by the author Christopher North (1785-1854) who was born in Paisley, but he had no recorded links with France.
Detailed explanation-4: -Britain had an extremely vast empire during the heyday of colonialism. The saying “The Empire on which the sun never sets” has been used to explain the vastness of the British Empire. Between the 18th and 20th century, the British Empire acquired more territories making it the largest empire in history.