In the decades after 1945, the great colonial empires dissolved and dozens of new nations were born across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Stop 01 · 1914 CE
Empires at Their Zenith
In 1900 a handful of European powers ruled much of the globe. The British Empire alone governed a quarter of the world's land and people. Colonized societies had long resisted, but two world wars would fatally weaken the imperial powers and embolden movements for independence.