The tan-colored tactical camouflage soon spread across the world. ... “The 19th century was a period of small colonial wars, and the British Army learned a lot out at the edges of the empire.

Comprehensive population censuses carried out by the colonial regime beginning in the 1880s reveal that the death rate increased considerably during this period, from 37.2 deaths per 1,000 people ...

Colonial Era: A Strategic and Prosperous Settlement. South Carolina's story begins with its founding in 1670 as part of the Carolina Colony, named in honor of King Charles II of England.

The colonial architecture of international law. International law emerged to sanction the enslavement of millions of Africans, the colonial conquest of the so-called “New World,” and the ...

Conversion was often a violent affair, but that doesn’t mean it was 100% successful. Colonial Latin America was home to many different spiritual traditions from Indigenous, African and Asian ...

The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the colonial-era "doctrine of discovery", used centuries ago to justify European conquests of Africa and the Americas, saying "it is not part of ...

Item 1 of 4 People view colonial-era artefacts that have been returned from the Netherlands, at the main Museum in Colombo, Sri Lanka December 5, 2023.

Four centuries of a city's history are revealed in the documentary series Acts of the Havana City Council (colonial period 1550-1898)/ Actas del Ayuntamiento de La Habana (período colonial 1550-1898).

An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, decimating the previous record.

Older Kenyans who lived through the British colonial period want an apology and reparations. Younger Kenyans want an acknowledgment of more recent alleged abuses by British companies and troops.