Largest 19th century empire: Great Britain

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• Largest 19th century empire Great Britain
• ? at peak, controlled ¼ of world's land people
  (the sun never sets on the British Empire)
• ? included Canada, Australia, Ireland, India,
  parts of China, parts of Africa, and many Pacific
  Caribbean islands.

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• Competing imperial (and industrial!) nations
• Nation Empire
• Britain Africa, Pacific Caribbean islands,
  India, east Asia (China), Ireland,
  Australia, Canada
• Germany Africa, Pacific islands, east Asia
• Italy Africa
• France east Asia (i.e. Vietnam), Africa
• Belgium Africa
• Netherlands Pacific islands
• Japan east Asia
• Russia south east Asia
• Austria-Hungary the Balkans
• U.S. Latin America, east Asia, Pacific
  islands