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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Overseas possessions of a nation-state</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Modern_Empires_-_en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Modern_Empires_-_en.svg/440px-Modern_Empires_-_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Modern_Empires_-_en.svg/660px-Modern_Empires_-_en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Modern_Empires_-_en.svg/880px-Modern_Empires_-_en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="4371" data-file-height="2284" /></a><figcaption>Diachronic map of the main empires of the modern era (1492–1945)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:European_Empires.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of the Influence of European Colonialism (1400-2000)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/European_Empires.svg/220px-European_Empires.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/European_Empires.svg/330px-European_Empires.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/European_Empires.svg/440px-European_Empires.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="482" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Influence of European Colonialism (1400-2000)</figcaption></figure> <p><br /> A <b>colonial empire</b> is a collective of territories (often called <a href="/wiki/Colony" title="Colony">colonies</a>), either contiguous with the imperial center or located <a href="/wiki/Territory#Overseas_territory" title="Territory">overseas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plantation_(settlement_or_colony)" title="Plantation (settlement or colony)">settled</a> by the population of a certain <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">state</a> and governed by that state.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the expansion of early modern European powers, other <a href="/wiki/Empire" title="Empire">empires</a> had conquered and colonized territories, such as the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Modern colonial empires first emerged with a race of exploration between the then most advanced <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> maritime powers, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, during the 15th century.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial impulse behind these dispersed maritime empires and those that followed was <a href="/wiki/Trade" title="Trade">trade</a>, driven by the new ideas and the <a href="/wiki/Capitalism" title="Capitalism">capitalism</a> that grew out of the European <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>. Agreements were also made to divide the world up between them in <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Alc%C3%A1%C3%A7ovas" title="Treaty of Alcáçovas">1479</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inter_caetera" title="Inter caetera">1493</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas" title="Treaty of Tordesillas">1494</a>. European <a href="/wiki/Imperialism" title="Imperialism">imperialism</a> was born out of competition between European Christians and <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> Muslims, the latter of which rose up quickly in the 14th century and forced the Spanish and Portuguese to seek new trade routes to <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">India</a>, and to a lesser extent, China. </p><p>Although <a href="/wiki/Colonies_in_antiquity" title="Colonies in antiquity">colonies existed</a> in <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">classical antiquity</a>, especially amongst the <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicians</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greeks</a> who settled many islands and coasts of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>, these colonies were politically independent from the <a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">city-states</a> they originated from, and thus did not constitute a colonial empire.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This paradigm shifted by the time of the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemaic Empire">Ptolemaic Empire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/European_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="European countries">European countries</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Modern_era" title="Modern era">modern era</a> that are most remembered as colonial empires are the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portugal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_Empire" title="Italian Empire">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_colonial_empire" title="Dutch colonial empire">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_colonial_empire" title="German colonial empire">Germany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belgian_colonial_empire" title="Belgian colonial empire">Belgium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonial_empire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_colonial_empires">European colonial empires</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonial_empire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: European colonial empires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portugal began establishing the first global trade network and one of the first colonial <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">empires</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry the Navigator">Henry the Navigator</a>. The empire spread throughout a vast number of territories distributed across the globe (especially at one time in the 16th century) that are now parts of <a href="/wiki/Evolution_of_the_Portuguese_Empire#Countries_with_territories_part_of_the_Portuguese_Empire" title="Evolution of the Portuguese Empire">60 different sovereign states</a>. Portugal would eventually control <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, territories such as what is now <a href="/wiki/Colonia_del_Sacramento" title="Colonia del Sacramento">Uruguay</a> and some fishing ports in north, in the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>; <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Angola" title="Portuguese Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Mozambique" title="Portuguese Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Guinea" title="Portuguese Guinea">Portuguese Guinea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> (among other territories and bases) in the <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Subsaharan</a> <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>; cities, forts or territories in all the <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asian</a> subcontinents, as <a href="/wiki/Muscat,_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Muscat, Oman">Muscat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ormus" title="Ormus">Ormus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> (amongst other bases) in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>; <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daman_and_Diu" title="Daman and Diu">Daman and Diu</a> (amongst other coastal cities) in <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">India</a>; <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Ceylon" title="Portuguese Ceylon">Portuguese Ceylon</a>; <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Malacca" title="Portuguese Malacca">Malacca</a>, bases in Southeast Asia and <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Makassar" title="Makassar">Makassar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solor" title="Solor">Solor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banda_Islands" title="Banda Islands">Banda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambon_Island" title="Ambon Island">Ambon</a> and others in the <a href="/wiki/Moluccas" class="mw-redirect" title="Moluccas">Moluccas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Timor" title="Portuguese Timor">Portuguese Timor</a>; and the granted <i><a href="/wiki/Entrep%C3%B4t" title="Entrepôt">entrepôt</a></i>-base of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Macau" title="Portuguese Macau">Macau</a> and the entrepôt-enclave of <a href="/wiki/Dejima" title="Dejima">Dejima</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>) in <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a>, amongst other smaller or short-lived possessions. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colonisation2.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Colonisation2.gif/750px-Colonisation2.gif" decoding="async" width="750" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Colonisation2.gif/1125px-Colonisation2.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Colonisation2.gif/1500px-Colonisation2.gif 2x" data-file-width="1849" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">The territorial evolution of modern colonial empires and some of their successor states (such as USSR, Turkey)</div></figcaption></figure> <p>During its <i><a href="/wiki/Siglo_de_Oro" class="mw-redirect" title="Siglo de Oro">Siglo de Oro</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a> had possession of <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, all of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Italy" title="Southern Italy">southern Italy</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Spanish_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish road">stretch of territories</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Milan" title="Duchy of Milan">Duchy of Milan</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, parts of <a href="/wiki/Burgundy" title="Burgundy">Burgundy</a>, and many colonial settlements in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Possessions in Europe, Africa, the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, the Americas, the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>, and East Asia qualified the Spanish Empire as attaining a global presence. From 1580 to 1640 the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a> and the Spanish Empire were conjoined in a <a href="/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">personal union</a> of its <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Dynasty">Habsburg monarchs</a> during the period of the <i>Iberian Union</i>, but beneath the highest level of government, their separate administrations were maintained. </p><p>Subsequent colonial empires included the <a href="/wiki/List_of_French_possessions_and_colonies" title="List of French possessions and colonies">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_overseas_possessions" title="English overseas possessions">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Empire">Dutch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese</a> empires. By the mid-17th century, the <a href="/wiki/Tsardom_of_Russia" title="Tsardom of Russia">Tsardom of Russia</a>, continued later as the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, and modern <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, became the largest contiguous state in the world and remains so to this day. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_1898_empires_colonies_territory.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/World_1898_empires_colonies_territory.png/350px-World_1898_empires_colonies_territory.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/World_1898_empires_colonies_territory.png/525px-World_1898_empires_colonies_territory.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/World_1898_empires_colonies_territory.png/700px-World_1898_empires_colonies_territory.png 2x" data-file-width="1560" data-file-height="624" /></a><figcaption>Colonial powers in 1898<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Throughout the 19th and early 20th century, by virtue of its technological and maritime supremacy, the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> steadily expanded to become by far the largest empire in history; at its height ruling over a quarter of the Earth's land area and 24% of the population. Britain's role as a global hegemon during this time ushered in a century of "<a href="/wiki/Pax_Britannica" title="Pax Britannica">British Peace</a>", lasting from the end of the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_and_Napoleonic_Wars" title="French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars">French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars</a> to the start of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/New_Imperialism" title="New Imperialism">New Imperialism</a>, Italy and Germany also built their <a href="/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa" title="Scramble for Africa">colonial empires in Africa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonial_empire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Disputed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-disputed" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/System-search.svg/45px-System-search.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/System-search.svg/68px-System-search.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/System-search.svg/90px-System-search.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section's <b>factual accuracy is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute">disputed</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Relevant discussion may be found on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Colonial_empire#Disputed" title="Talk:Colonial empire">talk page</a>. Please help to ensure that disputed statements are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliably sourced</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The chart below<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (December 2021)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup> shows the span of some European colonial empires. </p> <ul><li>Black lines mark the year of the empires largest territorial extent of land area.</li> <li>Red represents that the empire is at that time a <a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">monarchy</a>.</li> <li>Blue represents that the empire is at that time a <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a>.</li></ul> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_8si80bskvlewkcmekgprywnpexcnz7h"></map><img usemap="#timeline_8si80bskvlewkcmekgprywnpexcnz7h" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/8si80bskvlewkcmekgprywnpexcnz7h.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_colonial_empires">List of colonial empires</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonial_empire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of colonial empires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_list_of_non-self-governing_territories" title="United Nations list of non-self-governing territories">United Nations list of non-self-governing territories</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent territory</a></div> <p><b><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a></span></b>: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Belgian_colonial_empire" title="Belgian colonial empire">Belgian Empire</a></b> (1908–1962) <ul><li>Possessions in Africa <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_Congo_Free_State.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Congo_Free_State.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_Congo_Free_State.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Congo_Free_State.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_Congo_Free_State.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Congo_Free_State.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a> (1908–1960)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Ruanda-Urundi.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Coat_of_arms_of_Ruanda-Urundi.svg/11px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ruanda-Urundi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Coat_of_arms_of_Ruanda-Urundi.svg/17px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ruanda-Urundi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Coat_of_arms_of_Ruanda-Urundi.svg/22px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ruanda-Urundi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="744" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ruanda-Urundi" title="Ruanda-Urundi">Ruanda-Urundi</a> (1922–1962)</li></ul></li> <li>Possessions in Asia <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Belgian_concession_of_Tianjin.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Seal_of_the_Belgian_concession_of_Tianjin.svg/21px-Seal_of_the_Belgian_concession_of_Tianjin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Seal_of_the_Belgian_concession_of_Tianjin.svg/32px-Seal_of_the_Belgian_concession_of_Tianjin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Seal_of_the_Belgian_concession_of_Tianjin.svg/42px-Seal_of_the_Belgian_concession_of_Tianjin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgian_concession_of_Tianjin" title="Belgian concession of Tianjin">Belgian concession of Tianjin</a> (1902–1931)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire"><img alt="British Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a></b> (1707–1997/<a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">present</a>)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom">List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolution of the British Empire">Evolution of the British Empire</a>; <a href="/wiki/Angevin_Empire" title="Angevin Empire">Angevin Empire</a>; <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England"><img alt="Kingdom of England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/English_colonial_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="English colonial empire">English colonial empire</a></b> (1585–1707)</li> <li>Possessions in Europe <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281922%E2%80%931960%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281922%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281922%E2%80%931960%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281922%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281922%E2%80%931960%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281922%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Cyprus" title="British Cyprus">British Cyprus</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malta_%281943%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="British Malta">British Malta</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1801%E2%80%931923)" title="History of Ireland (1801–1923)">British Ireland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_the_United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_the_United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_the_United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1260" data-file-height="660" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands" title="United States of the Ionian Islands">United States of the Ionian Islands</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar"><img alt="Gibraltar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Gibraltar" class="mw-redirect" title="British Gibraltar">British Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menorca#18th-19th_centuries" title="Menorca">British Minorca</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_British_Heligoland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_British_Heligoland.svg/29px-Flag_of_British_Heligoland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="29" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_British_Heligoland.svg/44px-Flag_of_British_Heligoland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_British_Heligoland.svg/58px-Flag_of_British_Heligoland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Heligoland" class="mw-redirect" title="British Heligoland">British Heligoland</a></li></ul></li> <li>Possessions in Africa <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_British_Somaliland_(1952%E2%80%931960).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a> (1884–1960)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="British Egypt">British Egypt</a> (1914–1936)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Emblem_of_Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan.svg/23px-Emblem_of_Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Emblem_of_Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan.svg/35px-Emblem_of_Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Emblem_of_Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan.svg/46px-Emblem_of_Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="287" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan" title="Anglo-Egyptian Sudan">Anglo-Egyptian Sudan</a> (1899–1956)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kenya_(1895%E2%80%931921).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Kenya_%281895%E2%80%931921%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281895%E2%80%931921%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Kenya_%281895%E2%80%931921%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281895%E2%80%931921%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Kenya_%281895%E2%80%931921%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281895%E2%80%931921%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Protectorate" title="East Africa Protectorate">East Africa Protectorate</a> (1895–1920)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kenya_(1921%E2%80%931963).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Colony" title="Kenya Colony">Kenya Colony</a> (1920–1963)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Uganda_Protectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Uganda Protectorate">Uganda Protectorate</a> (1894–1962)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tanganyika_(1923%E2%80%931961).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281923%E2%80%931961%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281923%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281923%E2%80%931961%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281923%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281923%E2%80%931961%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281923%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tanganyika_(territory)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanganyika (territory)">Tanganyika (territory)</a> (1922–1961)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nyasaland_(1925%E2%80%931964).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Nyasaland_%281925%E2%80%931964%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Nyasaland_%281925%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Nyasaland_%281925%E2%80%931964%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Nyasaland_%281925%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Nyasaland_%281925%E2%80%931964%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Nyasaland_%281925%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> Protectorate of <a href="/wiki/Nyasaland" title="Nyasaland">Nyasaland</a> (1893–1964)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia_(1939%E2%80%931964).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia_%281939%E2%80%931964%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia_%281939%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia_%281939%E2%80%931964%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia_%281939%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia_%281939%E2%80%931964%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia_%281939%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> Protectorate of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a> (1924–1964)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_(1924%E2%80%931964).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Colony of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a> (1923–1965), (1979–1980)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Bechuanaland_Protectorate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_arms_of_Bechuanaland_Protectorate.svg/20px-Coat_of_arms_of_Bechuanaland_Protectorate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_arms_of_Bechuanaland_Protectorate.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_Bechuanaland_Protectorate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_arms_of_Bechuanaland_Protectorate.svg/40px-Coat_of_arms_of_Bechuanaland_Protectorate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1063" data-file-height="780" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bechuanaland_Protectorate" title="Bechuanaland Protectorate">Bechuanaland Protectorate</a> (1885–1966)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nigeria_(1914%E2%80%931952).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281914%E2%80%931952%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281914%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281914%E2%80%931952%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281914%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281914%E2%80%931952%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281914%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigeria">British Nigeria</a> (1914–1954)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_(1877%E2%80%931957).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Gold_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="British Gold Coast">British Gold Coast</a> (1867–1957)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_(1916%E2%80%931961).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_%281916%E2%80%931961%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_%281916%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_%281916%E2%80%931961%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_%281916%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_%281916%E2%80%931961%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_%281916%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Sierra_Leone" class="mw-redirect" title="British Sierra Leone">British Sierra Leone</a> (1808–1961)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_The_Gambia_(1889%E2%80%931965).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_The_Gambia_%281889%E2%80%931965%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_The_Gambia_%281889%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_The_Gambia_%281889%E2%80%931965%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_The_Gambia_%281889%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_The_Gambia_%281889%E2%80%931965%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_The_Gambia_%281889%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Gambia" class="mw-redirect" title="British Gambia">British Gambia</a> (1821–1965)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="British colonization of the Americas">Possessions in the Americas</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Red_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%2C_square_canton%29.svg/23px-Red_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%2C_square_canton%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Red_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%2C_square_canton%29.svg/35px-Red_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%2C_square_canton%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Red_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%2C_square_canton%29.svg/45px-Red_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%2C_square_canton%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1458" data-file-height="972" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_West_Indies" title="British West Indies">British West Indies</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Bahamas" title="History of the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Barbados_%281870%E2%80%931966%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Barbados_%281870%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Barbados_%281870%E2%80%931966%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Barbados_%281870%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Barbados_%281870%E2%80%931966%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Barbados_%281870%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Barbados" title="History of Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Leeward_Islands_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Leeward_Islands_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Leeward_Islands_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Leeward_Islands_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Leeward_Islands_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Leeward_Islands_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Leeward_Islands" title="British Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> (1671–1816),(1833–1958)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903%E2%80%931953%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903%E2%80%931953%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903%E2%80%931953%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Windward_Islands" title="British Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a> (1833–1960)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281957%E2%80%931962%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281957%E2%80%931962%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281957%E2%80%931962%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281957%E2%80%931962%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281957%E2%80%931962%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281957%E2%80%931962%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Jamaica" title="Colony of Jamaica">Colony of Jamaica</a> (1655–1962)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281958%E2%80%931962%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281958%E2%80%931962%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281958%E2%80%931962%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281958%E2%80%931962%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281958%E2%80%931962%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281958%E2%80%931962%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="History of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_British_Honduras_%281919%E2%80%931981%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_British_Honduras_%281919%E2%80%931981%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_British_Honduras_%281919%E2%80%931981%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_British_Honduras_%281919%E2%80%931981%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_British_Honduras_%281919%E2%80%931981%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_British_Honduras_%281919%E2%80%931981%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Honduras" title="British Honduras">British Honduras</a> (1862–1981)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Guiana" title="British Guiana">British Guiana</a> (1814–1966)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Flag_of_Moskita.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moskita.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Flag_of_Moskita.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moskita.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Flag_of_Moskita.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moskita.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="716" data-file-height="358" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mosquito_Coast" title="Mosquito Coast">Kingdom of Mosquitia</a> (1638–1860)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Possessions in South Asia</b> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> (1757–1858)</li> <li><span data-sort-value="India"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/23px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/35px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/46px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a></span> (1858–1947)</li> <li><span data-sort-value="Ceylon"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281875%E2%80%931948%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281875%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281875%E2%80%931948%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281875%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281875%E2%80%931948%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281875%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a></span> (1815–1948)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Bhutan_%281949%E2%80%931956%29.svg/19px-Flag_of_Bhutan_%281949%E2%80%931956%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Bhutan_%281949%E2%80%931956%29.svg/29px-Flag_of_Bhutan_%281949%E2%80%931956%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Bhutan_%281949%E2%80%931956%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Bhutan_%281949%E2%80%931956%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> (protectorate) (1907–1947)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Sikkim_%281914-1962%29.svg/19px-Flag_of_Sikkim_%281914-1962%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Sikkim_%281914-1962%29.svg/29px-Flag_of_Sikkim_%281914-1962%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Sikkim_%281914-1962%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Sikkim_%281914-1962%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="259" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> (protectorate) (1861–1948)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Pre-1962_Flag_of_Nepal_%28with_spacing%2C_aspect_ratio_4-3%29.svg/21px-Pre-1962_Flag_of_Nepal_%28with_spacing%2C_aspect_ratio_4-3%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Pre-1962_Flag_of_Nepal_%28with_spacing%2C_aspect_ratio_4-3%29.svg/32px-Pre-1962_Flag_of_Nepal_%28with_spacing%2C_aspect_ratio_4-3%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Pre-1962_Flag_of_Nepal_%28with_spacing%2C_aspect_ratio_4-3%29.svg/41px-Pre-1962_Flag_of_Nepal_%28with_spacing%2C_aspect_ratio_4-3%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="435" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Nepal" title="Kingdom of Nepal">Nepal</a> (protectorate) (1816–1923)</li></ul></li> <li>Possessions in East Asia <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">British Hong Kong</a> (1841–1997)</li></ul></li> <li>Possessions in the Middle East <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_the_Trucial_States_%281968%E2%80%931971%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Trucial_States_%281968%E2%80%931971%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_the_Trucial_States_%281968%E2%80%931971%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Trucial_States_%281968%E2%80%931971%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_the_Trucial_States_%281968%E2%80%931971%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Trucial_States_%281968%E2%80%931971%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a> (1820–1971)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Bahrain_%281932%E2%80%931972%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bahrain_%281932%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Bahrain_%281932%E2%80%931972%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bahrain_%281932%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Bahrain_%281932%E2%80%931972%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bahrain_%281932%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="900" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bahrain_(1783%E2%80%931971)" title="History of Bahrain (1783–1971)">British Bahrain</a> (1861-1971)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Qatar_%281949%E2%80%931971%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar_%281949%E2%80%931971%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Qatar_%281949%E2%80%931971%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar_%281949%E2%80%931971%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Qatar_%281949%E2%80%931971%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar_%281949%E2%80%931971%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="550" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Qatar#British_period_(1916–1971)" title="Qatar">British Qatar</a> (1916–1971)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="British Iraq">British Iraq</a> (1920–1932) (1932–1958)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Transjordan.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Transjordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Transjordan.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Transjordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Transjordan.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Transjordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="420" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan" title="Emirate of Transjordan">Emirate of Transjordan</a> (1921–1946)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ensign_of_the_Palestine_Mandate_%281927%E2%80%931948%29.svg/23px-Ensign_of_the_Palestine_Mandate_%281927%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ensign_of_the_Palestine_Mandate_%281927%E2%80%931948%29.svg/35px-Ensign_of_the_Palestine_Mandate_%281927%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ensign_of_the_Palestine_Mandate_%281927%E2%80%931948%29.svg/46px-Ensign_of_the_Palestine_Mandate_%281927%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a> (1920–1948)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kuwait_%281940-1961%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait_%281940-1961%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kuwait_%281940-1961%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait_%281940-1961%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kuwait_%281940-1961%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait_%281940-1961%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sheikhdom_of_Kuwait" title="Sheikhdom of Kuwait">Sheikhdom of Kuwait</a> (1899–1961)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Aden_%281937%E2%80%931963%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aden_%281937%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Aden_%281937%E2%80%931963%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Aden_%281937%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Aden_%281937%E2%80%931963%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Aden_%281937%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aden_Protectorate" title="Aden Protectorate">Aden Protectorate</a> (1872–1963)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_Muscat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Muscat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_Muscat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Muscat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_Muscat.svg/45px-Flag_of_Muscat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Muscat_and_Oman" title="Muscat and Oman">Muscat and Oman</a> (1892–1970)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281901%E2%80%931919%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281901%E2%80%931919%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281901%E2%80%931919%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281901%E2%80%931919%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281901%E2%80%931919%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281901%E2%80%931919%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2277" data-file-height="1387" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Afghanistan" title="Emirate of Afghanistan">Emirate of Afghanistan</a> (protectorate) (1879–1947)</li></ul></li> <li>Possessions in Southeast Asia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Bencoolen" title="British Bencoolen">British Bencoolen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">British Malaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Borneo" title="British Borneo">British Borneo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Dominions of the United Kingdom <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Dominion of Newfoundland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">States and territories of Australia</a> (1901–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> itself a colony that gradually increased its independence in 1901, 1942 and 1986, was tasked with the government of multiple <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia#External" title="States and territories of Australia">other British colonies and territories</a> and the mandates of <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_New_Guinea" title="Territory of New Guinea">New Guinea</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_Nauru" title="History of Nauru">Nauru</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a> (1907–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> itself a colony that gradually increased its independence in 1907, 1947 and 1986, was tasked with the government of multiple <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">other British colonies and territories</a> and the mandate of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Samoa" title="History of Samoa">Samoa</a>. It was also nominal co-trustee of the mandate of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Nauru" title="History of Nauru">Nauru</a>. The remaining non-self-governing New Zealand territory is <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa"><img alt="Union of South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South-West_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="South-West Africa">Mandates under South African administration</a> (1915–1990) <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/South-West_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="South-West Africa">South-West Africa</a> mandate was governed by the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">Union of South Africa</a>, that itself a colony that gradually increased its independence in 1910, 1931 and 1961.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Danish_overseas_colonies" title="Danish overseas colonies">Danish Empire</a></b> (1620–1979/<a href="/wiki/Danish_Realm" title="Danish Realm">present</a>) <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Danish_India" title="Danish India">Danish India</a> (1620–1869)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Empire">Dutch Empire</a></b> (1602–1975/<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">present</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Dutch colonization of the Americas">Dutch colonization of the Americas</a> by <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">Dutch West India Company</a>: <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Netherland" title="New Netherland">New Netherland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Suriname_%281959%E2%80%931975%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Suriname_%281959%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Suriname_%281959%E2%80%931975%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Suriname_%281959%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Suriname_%281959%E2%80%931975%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Suriname_%281959%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Surinam_(Dutch_colony)" title="Surinam (Dutch colony)">Dutch Guyana/Surinam</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_New_Holland.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Holland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_New_Holland.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Holland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_New_Holland.svg/45px-Flag_of_New_Holland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Brazil" title="Dutch Brazil">Dutch Brazil</a> (1630-1654)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281986%E2%80%932010%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281986%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281986%E2%80%932010%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281986%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Formosa" title="Dutch Formosa">Dutch Formosa</a> (1624–1662)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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href="/wiki/Dejima" title="Dejima">Dejima</a> (1641–1854)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Mauritius" title="Dutch Mauritius">Dutch Mauritius</a> (1638–1710)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" 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colonization of the Americas">French colonization of the Americas</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/France_Antarctique" title="France Antarctique">France Antarctique</a> (1555–1567)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Royal_flag_of_France.svg/23px-Royal_flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Royal_flag_of_France.svg/35px-Royal_flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Royal_flag_of_France.svg/45px-Royal_flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a> (1534–1763) and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg/35px-Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg/45px-Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> (1635–present)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/23px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/35px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/45px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> (1635–present)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Saint-Pierre_and_Miquelon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint-Pierre_and_Miquelon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Saint-Pierre_and_Miquelon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint-Pierre_and_Miquelon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Saint-Pierre_and_Miquelon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint-Pierre_and_Miquelon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></li></ul></li> <li>Asia: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_India" title="French India">French India</a> (1664–1962)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ensign_of_French_Indochina.svg/23px-Ensign_of_French_Indochina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ensign_of_French_Indochina.svg/35px-Ensign_of_French_Indochina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ensign_of_French_Indochina.svg/46px-Ensign_of_French_Indochina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Indochina" title="French Indochina">French Indochina</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_Indochinese_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="French Indochinese Union">French Indochinese Union</a> (1887–1954) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Protectorate_of_Laos" class="mw-redirect" title="French Protectorate of Laos">Laos (protectorate)</a> (1893–1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Protectorate_of_Cambodia" class="mw-redirect" title="French Protectorate of Cambodia">Cambodia (protectorate)</a> (1863–1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Cochinchina" title="French Cochinchina">Cochinchina</a> (Southern Vietnam) (1858–1949)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Annam_(French_protectorate)" title="Annam (French protectorate)">Annam (protectorate)</a> (Central Vietnam) (1883–1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonkin_(French_protectorate)" title="Tonkin (French protectorate)">Tonkin (protectorate)</a> (Northern Vietnam) (1884–1949)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> <ul><li>The foreign concessions : <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Seal_of_Shanghai_French_Concession.svg/15px-Seal_of_Shanghai_French_Concession.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Seal_of_Shanghai_French_Concession.svg/23px-Seal_of_Shanghai_French_Concession.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Seal_of_Shanghai_French_Concession.svg/30px-Seal_of_Shanghai_French_Concession.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="350" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Concession_of_Shanghai" class="mw-redirect" title="French Concession of Shanghai">French Concession of Shanghai</a> (1849–1946), <a href="/wiki/Concessions_in_Tianjin#French_concession_.281860–1946.29" class="mw-redirect" title="Concessions in Tianjin">Tianjin</a> (1860–1946) and <a href="/wiki/Hankou" title="Hankou">Hankou</a> (1898–1946)</li> <li>The spheres of French influence officially recognized by China on the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hainan" title="Hainan">Hainan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamian_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Shamian Island">Shamian Island</a> (1859–1949) (a fifth of the island)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colonial_Annam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Guangzhouwan" class="mw-redirect" title="French Guangzhouwan">French Guangzhouwan</a> (1898–1945)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Possessions in the Middle East <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Syria_and_Lebanon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandate for Syria and Lebanon">Mandate for Syria and Lebanon</a> (1920–1946)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7afrique" title="Françafrique">French Africa</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_North_Africa" title="French North Africa">French North Africa</a> (1830–1934)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Naval_ensign_of_French_Algeria_%281848%E2%80%931910%29.svg/23px-Naval_ensign_of_French_Algeria_%281848%E2%80%931910%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Naval_ensign_of_French_Algeria_%281848%E2%80%931910%29.svg/35px-Naval_ensign_of_French_Algeria_%281848%E2%80%931910%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Naval_ensign_of_French_Algeria_%281848%E2%80%931910%29.svg/45px-Naval_ensign_of_French_Algeria_%281848%E2%80%931910%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Algeria" title="French Algeria">French Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_protectorate_in_Morocco" title="French protectorate in Morocco">French Morocco</a> (1912–1956)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Tunisia_with_French_canton.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia_with_French_canton.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Tunisia_with_French_canton.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia_with_French_canton.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Tunisia_with_French_canton.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia_with_French_canton.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_protectorate_in_Tunisia" class="mw-redirect" title="French protectorate in Tunisia">French Tunisia</a> (1886–1956)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Seal_of_French_Somaliland.svg/15px-Seal_of_French_Somaliland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Seal_of_French_Somaliland.svg/23px-Seal_of_French_Somaliland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Seal_of_French_Somaliland.svg/30px-Seal_of_French_Somaliland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Somaliland" title="French Somaliland">French Somaliland</a> (1883–1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa" title="French West Africa">French West Africa</a> (1895–1958)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Madagascar.svg/15px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Madagascar.svg/23px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Madagascar.svg/30px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="444" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Madagascar" title="French Madagascar">French Madagascar</a> (1882–1958)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_the_Comoros_%281963%E2%80%931975%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Comoros_%281963%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_the_Comoros_%281963%E2%80%931975%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Comoros_%281963%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_the_Comoros_%281963%E2%80%931975%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Comoros_%281963%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Comoros" title="Territory of the Comoros">French Comoros</a> (1866–1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Equatorial_Africa" title="French Equatorial Africa">French Equatorial Africa</a> (1910–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_de_France_(Mauritius)" title="Isle de France (Mauritius)">Isle de France</a> (1715–1810)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> (1756–1810)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Scattered_Islands_in_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean">Scattered Islands</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion"><img alt="Réunion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Proposed_flag_of_R%C3%A9union_%28VAR%29.svg/23px-Proposed_flag_of_R%C3%A9union_%28VAR%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Proposed_flag_of_R%C3%A9union_%28VAR%29.svg/35px-Proposed_flag_of_R%C3%A9union_%28VAR%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Proposed_flag_of_R%C3%A9union_%28VAR%29.svg/45px-Proposed_flag_of_R%C3%A9union_%28VAR%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Reunion" class="mw-disambig" title="Reunion">Reunion</a> (1710–present)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Mayotte_%28local%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mayotte_%28local%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Mayotte_%28local%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mayotte_%28local%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Mayotte_%28local%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mayotte_%28local%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span><a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a> (1841–present)</li></ul></li> <li>Oceania: <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_New_Hebrides.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Hebrides.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_New_Hebrides.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Hebrides.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_New_Hebrides.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Hebrides.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a> (1906–1980)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/43px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="43" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/64px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/86px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1091" data-file-height="308" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Flag_of_Wallis_and_Futuna.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wallis_and_Futuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Flag_of_Wallis_and_Futuna.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wallis_and_Futuna.svg.png 1.5x, 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Cameroon">Kamerun</a> (1884–1918)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Deutsch-Togo.svg/23px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Togo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Deutsch-Togo.svg/35px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Togo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Deutsch-Togo.svg/45px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Togo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Togoland" title="Togoland">Togoland</a> (1884–1916)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Deutsch-S%C3%BCdwest.svg/23px-Flag_of_Deutsch-S%C3%BCdwest.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Deutsch-S%C3%BCdwest.svg/35px-Flag_of_Deutsch-S%C3%BCdwest.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Deutsch-S%C3%BCdwest.svg/45px-Flag_of_Deutsch-S%C3%BCdwest.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_South_West_Africa" title="German South West Africa">German South West Africa</a> (1884–1919)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Deutsch-Neuguinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Neuguinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Deutsch-Neuguinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Neuguinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Deutsch-Neuguinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Neuguinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_New_Guinea" title="German New Guinea">German New Guinea</a> (1884–1919)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Deutsch-Ostafrika.svg/23px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Ostafrika.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Deutsch-Ostafrika.svg/35px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Ostafrika.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Deutsch-Ostafrika.svg/45px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Ostafrika.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_East_Africa" title="German East Africa">German East Africa</a> (1885–1919)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Deutsch-Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Deutsch-Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Deutsch-Samoa.svg/45px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="750" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_Samoa" title="German Samoa">German Samoa</a> (1900–1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_concessions_in_Tianjin#German_concession_(1899–1917)" title="Foreign concessions in Tianjin">German Concession in Tientsin</a></li> <li>German concession of <a href="/wiki/Hankou" title="Hankou">Hankou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qingdao#German_and_Japanese_occupations" title="Qingdao">German Tsingtao</a> <ul><li>German <a href="/wiki/Kiautschou_Bay_Leased_Territory" title="Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory">Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Italian_Empire" title="Italian Empire">Italian Empire</a></b> (1882–1960) <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_(1919-1936).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_%281919-1936%29.svg/12px-Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_%281919-1936%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_%281919-1936%29.svg/19px-Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_%281919-1936%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_%281919-1936%29.svg/24px-Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_%281919-1936%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Eritrea" title="Italian Eritrea">Eritrea</a> (1882–1947)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Italian_Somaliland_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Italian_Somaliland_COA.svg/12px-Italian_Somaliland_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Italian_Somaliland_COA.svg/19px-Italian_Somaliland_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Italian_Somaliland_COA.svg/24px-Italian_Somaliland_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Somaliland" title="Italian Somaliland">Somaliland</a> (1889–1947, 1950–1960 as <a href="/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_Somaliland" title="Trust Territory of Somaliland">Italian Trust Territory of Somaliland</a>)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Ethiopia" title="Italian Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> (1936–1941) <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg/19px-Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg/29px-Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg/38px-Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="513" data-file-height="573" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_East_Africa" title="Italian East Africa">Italian East Africa</a> (formed by merging Eritrea, Somaliland and Ethiopia: 1936–1947)</li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyrenaica_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Cyrenaica_COA.svg/12px-Cyrenaica_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Cyrenaica_COA.svg/19px-Cyrenaica_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Cyrenaica_COA.svg/25px-Cyrenaica_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="367" data-file-height="623" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Cyrenaica" title="Italian Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a> (1912–1947)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tripolitana_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Tripolitana_COA.svg/12px-Tripolitana_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Tripolitana_COA.svg/19px-Tripolitana_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Tripolitana_COA.svg/24px-Tripolitana_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Tripolitania" title="Italian Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a> (1912–1947) <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Libya_(1940%E2%80%931943).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Libya_%281940%E2%80%931943%29.svg/12px-Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Libya_%281940%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Libya_%281940%E2%80%931943%29.svg/18px-Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Libya_%281940%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Libya_%281940%E2%80%931943%29.svg/24px-Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Libya_%281940%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="779" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Libya" title="Italian Libya">Libya</a> (Formed by merging Cyrenaica and Tripolitania in 1934. It dissolved in 1947. It also included the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Military_Territory" title="Southern Military Territory">Southern Military Territory of Fezzan</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_the_Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Arms_of_the_Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean.svg/15px-Arms_of_the_Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Arms_of_the_Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean.svg/23px-Arms_of_the_Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Arms_of_the_Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean.svg/30px-Arms_of_the_Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="344" data-file-height="486" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean" title="Italian Islands of the Aegean">Italian Islands of the Aegean</a> (1912–1947)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Italian Albania</a> (1939–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_occupation_of_France" title="Italian occupation of France">Italian France</a> (1940–1943)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281905%E2%80%931918%2C_1941%E2%80%931944%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281905%E2%80%931918%2C_1941%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281905%E2%80%931918%2C_1941%E2%80%931944%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281905%E2%80%931918%2C_1941%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281905%E2%80%931918%2C_1941%E2%80%931944%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281905%E2%80%931918%2C_1941%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_governorate_of_Montenegro" title="Italian governorate of Montenegro">Italian Montenegro</a> (1941–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_concession_of_Tientsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian concession of Tientsin">Italian concession of Tientsin</a> (1901–1947)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a></b> (1415–1999) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_of_the_Portuguese_Empire" title="Evolution of the Portuguese Empire">Evolution of the Portuguese Empire</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Portugal_%281640%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal_%281640%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Portugal_%281640%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal_%281640%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Portugal_%281640%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal_%281640%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Portuguese colonization of the Americas">Portuguese colonization of the Americas</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Brazil.svg/20px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Brazil.svg/31px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Brazil.svg/40px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="360" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Brazil" title="Colonial Brazil">Colonial Brazil</a> (1500–1815)</li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_India_(1951%E2%80%931961).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_India_%281951%E2%80%931961%29.svg/26px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_India_%281951%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_India_%281951%E2%80%931961%29.svg/39px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_India_%281951%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_India_%281951%E2%80%931961%29.svg/52px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_India_%281951%E2%80%931961%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="871" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a> (1505–1961)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colonial_Seal_of_Ceylon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Colonial_Seal_of_Ceylon.svg/19px-Colonial_Seal_of_Ceylon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Colonial_Seal_of_Ceylon.svg/28px-Colonial_Seal_of_Ceylon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Colonial_Seal_of_Ceylon.svg/37px-Colonial_Seal_of_Ceylon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="549" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Ceylon" title="Portuguese Ceylon">Portuguese Ceylon</a> (1598–1658)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Timor_(1951%E2%80%931975).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Timor_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/26px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Timor_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Timor_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/39px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Timor_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Timor_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/52px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Timor_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="871" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Timor" title="Portuguese Timor">Portuguese Timor</a> (1702–1975)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_the_Government_of_Portuguese_Macau_%281951-1976%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Government_of_Portuguese_Macau_%281951-1976%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_the_Government_of_Portuguese_Macau_%281951-1976%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Government_of_Portuguese_Macau_%281951-1976%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Coat_of_arms_of_Mozambique_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/26px-Coat_of_arms_of_Mozambique_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Coat_of_arms_of_Mozambique_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/39px-Coat_of_arms_of_Mozambique_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Coat_of_arms_of_Mozambique_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/52px-Coat_of_arms_of_Mozambique_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="871" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_East_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese East Africa">Portuguese East Africa</a> (1498–1975)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Angola_(1951%E2%80%931975).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Coat_of_arms_of_Angola_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/26px-Coat_of_arms_of_Angola_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Coat_of_arms_of_Angola_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/39px-Coat_of_arms_of_Angola_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Coat_of_arms_of_Angola_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/52px-Coat_of_arms_of_Angola_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="871" /></a></span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_West_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese West Africa">Portuguese West Africa</a> (1575–1975)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Guinea_(1951%E2%80%931974).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Guinea_%281951%E2%80%931974%29.svg/26px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Guinea_%281951%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Guinea_%281951%E2%80%931974%29.svg/39px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Guinea_%281951%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Guinea_%281951%E2%80%931974%29.svg/52px-Coat_of_arms_of_Portuguese_Guinea_%281951%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="871" /></a></span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Guinea" title="Portuguese Guinea">Portuguese Guinea</a> (1474–1974) (1974–1975)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Verde_(1951%E2%80%931975).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Verde_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/26px-Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Verde_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Verde_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/39px-Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Verde_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Verde_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/52px-Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Verde_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="871" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Cape_Verde" title="Portuguese Cape Verde">Portuguese Cape Verde</a> (1462–1975)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_(1951%E2%80%931975).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Coat_of_arms_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/26px-Coat_of_arms_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Coat_of_arms_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/39px-Coat_of_arms_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Coat_of_arms_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg/52px-Coat_of_arms_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_%281951%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="871" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe">Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe</a> (1470–1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_of_S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_de_Ajud%C3%A1" title="Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá">Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá</a> (1721–1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Gold_Coast" title="Portuguese Gold Coast">Portuguese Gold Coast</a> (1482–1642)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire"><img alt="Russian Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a></b> (1721–1917)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Russia" title="Territorial evolution of Russia">Territorial evolution of Russia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Siberia" title="Russian conquest of Siberia">Siberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_the_Caucasus" title="Russian conquest of the Caucasus">Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Central_Asia" title="Russian conquest of Central Asia">Central Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_colonization_of_North_America" title="Russian colonization of North America">Russian colonization of North America</a>: <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Russian-American_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian-American_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Russian-American_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian-American_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Russian-American_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Russian-American_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian America">Russian America</a> (1733–1867)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagallo" title="Sagallo">Sagallo</a> (1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCshunkou_District#Late-19th_century_colonial_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Lüshunkou District">Russian Port Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_concession_of_Tianjin" title="Russian concession of Tianjin">Russian concession in Tientsin</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a></b> (1492–1825/1898-1975)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_Spain" title="List of countries that have gained independence from Spain">List of countries that have gained independence from Spain</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Spanish colonization of the Americas">Spanish colonization of the Americas</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Spain" title="New Spain">Viceroyalty of New Spain</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_Peru" title="Viceroyalty of Peru">Viceroyalty of Peru</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Flag_of_Spain_%281701%E2%80%931760%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281701%E2%80%931760%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Flag_of_Spain_%281701%E2%80%931760%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281701%E2%80%931760%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Flag_of_Spain_%281701%E2%80%931760%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281701%E2%80%931760%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1774" data-file-height="1184" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_New_Granada" title="Viceroyalty of New Granada">Viceroyalty of New Granada</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata">Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_East_Indies" title="Spanish East Indies">Spanish East Indies</a> (1565–1898)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Captaincy_General_of_the_Philippines" title="Captaincy General of the Philippines">Captaincy General of the Philippines</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Africa_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Spanish Africa (disambiguation)">Spanish Africa</a> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Portuguese_and_Spanish_Guinea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Portuguese_and_Spanish_Guinea.svg/18px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Portuguese_and_Spanish_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Portuguese_and_Spanish_Guinea.svg/27px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Portuguese_and_Spanish_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Portuguese_and_Spanish_Guinea.svg/36px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Portuguese_and_Spanish_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="917" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Guinea" title="Spanish Guinea">Spanish Guinea</a> (1778–1968)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Sahara.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Sahara.svg/18px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Sahara.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Sahara.svg/27px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Sahara.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Sahara.svg/35px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Sahara.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="776" data-file-height="923" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Sahara" title="Spanish Sahara">Spanish Sahara</a> (1884–1975)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco"><img alt="Morocco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Merchant_flag_of_Spanish_Morocco.svg/23px-Merchant_flag_of_Spanish_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Merchant_flag_of_Spanish_Morocco.svg/35px-Merchant_flag_of_Spanish_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Merchant_flag_of_Spanish_Morocco.svg/45px-Merchant_flag_of_Spanish_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_protectorate_in_Morocco" title="Spanish protectorate in Morocco">Spanish protectorate in Morocco</a> (1912–1956)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Province_of_Sidi_Ifni.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Province_of_Sidi_Ifni.svg/20px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Province_of_Sidi_Ifni.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Province_of_Sidi_Ifni.svg/30px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Province_of_Sidi_Ifni.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Province_of_Sidi_Ifni.svg/40px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Spanish_Province_of_Sidi_Ifni.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="874" data-file-height="1228" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ifni" title="Ifni">Ifni</a> (<a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_la_Mar_Peque%C3%B1a" title="Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña">1476–1524</a>/1859–1969).</li></ul></li> <li>Possessions of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Monarchs_of_Spain" title="Catholic Monarchs of Spain">Catholic Monarchs of Spain</a> and of <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain">Habsburg Spain</a> in Europe: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples" title="Kingdom of Naples">Kingdom of Naples</a> (1503-1700)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a> (1479-1700)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sardinia" title="Kingdom of Sardinia">Kingdom of Sardinia</a> (1479-1700)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Bourbon-Parma.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Bourbon-Parma.svg/16px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Bourbon-Parma.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Bourbon-Parma.svg/24px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Bourbon-Parma.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Bourbon-Parma.svg/32px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Bourbon-Parma.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="747" data-file-height="1122" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Milan" title="Duchy of Milan">Duchy of Milan</a> (1559–1706)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Netherlands" title="Spanish Netherlands">Spanish Netherlands</a> (1556–1713)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Swedish_overseas_colonies" title="Swedish overseas colonies">Swedish Empire</a></b> (1638–1663, 1733, 1784–1878) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_colonies_in_the_Americas" title="Swedish colonies in the Americas">Swedish colonies in the Americas</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="350" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Sweden" title="New Sweden">New Sweden</a> (1638–1655)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Swedish_civil_ensign_%281844%E2%80%931905%29.svg/23px-Swedish_civil_ensign_%281844%E2%80%931905%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Swedish_civil_ensign_%281844%E2%80%931905%29.svg/35px-Swedish_civil_ensign_%281844%E2%80%931905%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Swedish_civil_ensign_%281844%E2%80%931905%29.svg/46px-Swedish_civil_ensign_%281844%E2%80%931905%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="750" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_colony_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy">Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy</a> (1784–1878)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> (1813–1814)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="350" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Gold_Coast" title="Swedish Gold Coast">Swedish Gold Coast</a> (1650–1658, 1660–1663)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden_%281562%E2%80%931650%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="350" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Africa_Company" title="Swedish Africa Company">Swedish Africa Company</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_East_India_Company" title="Swedish East India Company">Swedish East India Company</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Parangipettai" title="Parangipettai">Parangipettai</a> (1733)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> Swedish Factory, <a href="/wiki/Canton_Factories" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton Factories">Canton Factories</a> (1757–1860)</li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> <b><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asian</a></span></b>: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan"><img alt="Empire of Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_colonial_empire" title="Japanese colonial empire"><b>Japanese Empire</b></a> (1868–1945)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_territories_occupied_by_Imperial_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan">List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan</a></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido"><img alt="Hokkaido" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Hokkaido_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hokkaido_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Hokkaido_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hokkaido_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Hokkaido_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hokkaido_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1260" data-file-height="840" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ezo" title="Ezo">Ezo</a> as <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a> (1869–present)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture"><img alt="Okinawa Prefecture" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Okinawa_Prefecture.svg/23px-Flag_of_Okinawa_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Okinawa_Prefecture.svg/35px-Flag_of_Okinawa_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Okinawa_Prefecture.svg/45px-Flag_of_Okinawa_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Kingdom" title="Ryukyu Kingdom">Ryukyu</a> as <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa Prefecture</a> (1879–1945 & 1972–present)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Taiwan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Taiwan.svg/21px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Taiwan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Taiwan.svg/32px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Taiwan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Taiwan.svg/42px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Taiwan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="447" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rule" title="Taiwan under Japanese rule">Taiwan</a> (1895–1945)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Karafuto_Prefecture.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Emblem_of_Karafuto_Prefecture.svg/21px-Emblem_of_Karafuto_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Emblem_of_Karafuto_Prefecture.svg/32px-Emblem_of_Karafuto_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Emblem_of_Karafuto_Prefecture.svg/42px-Emblem_of_Karafuto_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="509" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Karafuto_Prefecture" title="Karafuto Prefecture">Karafuto Prefecture</a> (1905–1949)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Korea.svg/21px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Korea.svg/32px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Korea.svg/42px-Seal_of_the_Government-General_of_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2483" data-file-height="2484" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" title="Korea under Japanese rule">Korea</a> (1910–1945)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_South_Pacific_Mandate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Emblem_of_the_South_Pacific_Mandate.svg/21px-Emblem_of_the_South_Pacific_Mandate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Emblem_of_the_South_Pacific_Mandate.svg/32px-Emblem_of_the_South_Pacific_Mandate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Emblem_of_the_South_Pacific_Mandate.svg/42px-Emblem_of_the_South_Pacific_Mandate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Seas_Mandate" title="South Seas Mandate">South Seas Mandate</a> (1919–1947)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg/23px-Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg/35px-Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg/45px-Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a> (1932–1945)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan"><img alt="Empire of Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_East_Asia_Co-Prosperity_Sphere" title="Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere">Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere</a> (1932–1945)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></b> (1354–1908)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire">Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vassal_and_tributary_states_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire">Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire</a></div> <ul><li><ul><li>Europe: <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cretan_State" title="Cretan State">Cretan State</a> (1898–1913)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="no"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_%2815th_century%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_%2815th_century%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_%2815th_century%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_%2815th_century%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_%2815th_century%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_%2815th_century%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Khanate" title="Crimean Khanate">Crimean Khanate</a> (1475–1774)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Albania" title="Ottoman Albania">Ottoman Albania</a> (1479–1912)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Western_Herzegovina_1760_flag.svg/23px-Western_Herzegovina_1760_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Western_Herzegovina_1760_flag.svg/35px-Western_Herzegovina_1760_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Western_Herzegovina_1760_flag.svg/46px-Western_Herzegovina_1760_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina">Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> (1463–1908)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Bulgaria" title="Ottoman Bulgaria">Ottoman Bulgaria</a> (1396–1878)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Crete" title="Ottoman Crete">Ottoman Crete</a> (1667–1898)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Eyalet_of_Cyprus.svg/12px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Eyalet_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Eyalet_of_Cyprus.svg/18px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Eyalet_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Eyalet_of_Cyprus.svg/24px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Eyalet_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="645" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Cyprus" title="Ottoman Cyprus">Ottoman Cyprus</a> (1571–1878)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Greece" title="Ottoman Greece">Ottoman Greece</a> (1453–1830)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Hungary" title="Ottoman Hungary">Ottoman Hungary</a> (1541–1699)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Serbia" title="Ottoman Serbia">Ottoman Serbia</a> (1459–1804)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rumelia_Eyalet" title="Rumelia Eyalet">Rumelia Eyalet</a> (1365–1867)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Rhodes" title="Sanjak of Rhodes">Sanjak of Rhodes</a> (1522–1912)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Principalities_of_Moldavia_and_Wallachia" title="United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia">United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia</a> (1859–1862)</li></ul></li> <li>Asia: <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Aceh_Sultanate.png/23px-Flag_of_the_Aceh_Sultanate.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Aceh_Sultanate.png/35px-Flag_of_the_Aceh_Sultanate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Aceh_Sultanate.png/46px-Flag_of_the_Aceh_Sultanate.png 2x" data-file-width="2107" data-file-height="1340" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aceh_Sultanate" title="Aceh Sultanate">Protectorate of Aceh</a> (1496–1903)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Arabia" title="Ottoman Arabia">Ottoman Arabia</a> (1517–1919)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Iraq" title="Ottoman Iraq">Ottoman Iraq</a> (1538–1918)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Syria" title="Ottoman Syria">Ottoman Syria</a> (1517–1918)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Nejd" title="Emirate of Nejd">Emirate of Nejd</a> (1818-1914)</li></ul></li> <li>Africa: <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281882-1922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Khedivate_of_Egypt" title="Khedivate of Egypt">Khedivate of Egypt</a> (1867–1914)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Seal_of_Turkish_Sudan.svg/15px-Seal_of_Turkish_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Seal_of_Turkish_Sudan.svg/23px-Seal_of_Turkish_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Seal_of_Turkish_Sudan.svg/30px-Seal_of_Turkish_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turco-Egyptian_Sudan" title="Turco-Egyptian Sudan">Turco-Egyptian Sudan</a> (1820–1885)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Egypt_%281844-1867%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281844-1867%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Egypt_%281844-1867%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281844-1867%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Egypt_%281844-1867%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281844-1867%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Egypt" title="Ottoman Egypt">Ottoman Egypt</a> (1517–1914)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Habesh_Eyalet" title="Habesh Eyalet">Ottoman Absinia</a> (1554–1872)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Regency_of_Algiers.svg/23px-Flag_of_Regency_of_Algiers.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Regency_of_Algiers.svg/35px-Flag_of_Regency_of_Algiers.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Regency_of_Algiers.svg/45px-Flag_of_Regency_of_Algiers.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Regency_of_Algiers" title="Regency of Algiers">Ottoman Algeria</a> (1516–1830)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Maritime_flag_of_Regency_of_Tripoli_%2818th_century%29.svg/23px-Maritime_flag_of_Regency_of_Tripoli_%2818th_century%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Maritime_flag_of_Regency_of_Tripoli_%2818th_century%29.svg/35px-Maritime_flag_of_Regency_of_Tripoli_%2818th_century%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Maritime_flag_of_Regency_of_Tripoli_%2818th_century%29.svg/45px-Maritime_flag_of_Regency_of_Tripoli_%2818th_century%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Tripolitania" title="Ottoman Tripolitania">Ottoman Tripolitania</a> (1551–1912)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_%281685%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_%281685%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_%281685%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_%281685%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_%281685%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_%281685%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="250" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Tunisia" title="Ottoman Tunisia">Ottoman Tunisia</a> (1574–1881)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> <b><span style="font-size:120%">Other countries with informal colonial possessions</span></b>: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></b> (1816–<a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_territories_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated territories of the United States">present</a>)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/American_imperialism" title="American imperialism">American imperialism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">Territories of the United States</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_territorial_acquisitions" class="mw-redirect" title="United States territorial acquisitions">United States overseas territorial acquisitions</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a> (1899–Present)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="396" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> (1898–Present)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a> (1986–Present)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/45px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> (1898–Present)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a> (1917–Present)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines" title="Commonwealth of the Philippines">Commonwealth of the Philippines</a> (1935–1946)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281919%E2%80%931936%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281919%E2%80%931936%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281919%E2%80%931936%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281919%E2%80%931936%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281919%E2%80%931936%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281919%E2%80%931936%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Insular_Government_of_the_Philippine_Islands" title="Insular Government of the Philippine Islands">Insular Government of the Philippine Islands</a> (1902–1935)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hawaii.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Hawaii" title="Republic of Hawaii">Republic of Hawaii</a> (1898–1900)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands" title="United States Minor Outlying Islands">Minor Outlying Islands</a> (1857–Present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act#Claims" title="Guano Islands Act">Guano Islands Act Claims</a> (1856–Present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_and_Enderbury_Islands" title="Canton and Enderbury Islands">Canton and Enderbury Islands</a> (1939–1979)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_High_Commissioner_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Seal_of_High_Commissioner_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/25px-Seal_of_High_Commissioner_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Seal_of_High_Commissioner_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/38px-Seal_of_High_Commissioner_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Seal_of_High_Commissioner_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/50px-Seal_of_High_Commissioner_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Civil_Administration_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands" title="United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu Islands</a> (1950–1972)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands" title="Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands">Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</a> (1947–1994)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Emblem_of_American_Colonization_Society.svg/14px-Emblem_of_American_Colonization_Society.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Emblem_of_American_Colonization_Society.svg/22px-Emblem_of_American_Colonization_Society.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Emblem_of_American_Colonization_Society.svg/29px-Emblem_of_American_Colonization_Society.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="172" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/American_Colonization_Society" title="American Colonization Society">American Colonization Society</a> (1816–1847) <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Liberia_%281827-1847%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liberia_%281827-1847%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Liberia_%281827-1847%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liberia_%281827-1847%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Liberia_%281827-1847%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liberia_%281827-1847%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="440" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Liberia" title="Colony of Liberia">Colony of Liberia</a> (1821–1847) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_in_Africa" title="Kentucky in Africa">Kentucky in Africa</a> (1828–1847)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Maryland.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1055" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Maryland" title="Republic of Maryland">Maryland-in-Africa</a> (1834–1857)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi-in-Africa" title="Mississippi-in-Africa">Mississippi-in-Africa</a> (1835–1842)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concessions_and_leases_in_international_relations#American_concessions" title="Concessions and leases in international relations">American Concessions</a> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_emblem_of_Shanghai.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Old_emblem_of_Shanghai.svg/21px-Old_emblem_of_Shanghai.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Old_emblem_of_Shanghai.svg/31px-Old_emblem_of_Shanghai.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Old_emblem_of_Shanghai.svg/41px-Old_emblem_of_Shanghai.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="597" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/American_Concession_(Shanghai)" title="American Concession (Shanghai)">American Concession in Shanghai</a> (1848–1863)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_concessions_in_Tianjin" title="Foreign concessions in Tianjin">American concession in Tianjin</a> (1869–1902)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Trading_Company_of_Borneo" title="American Trading Company of Borneo">American Trading Company of Borneo</a> (1865–1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_Islands" title="Corn Islands">Corn Islands</a> (1914–1971)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Seal_of_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base.svg/21px-Seal_of_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Seal_of_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base.svg/32px-Seal_of_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Seal_of_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base.svg/42px-Seal_of_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">Guantanamo Bay</a> (1903–present)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Panama_Canal_Zone.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Panama_Canal_Zone.svg/24px-Flag_of_Panama_Canal_Zone.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Panama_Canal_Zone.svg/36px-Flag_of_Panama_Canal_Zone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Panama_Canal_Zone.svg/48px-Flag_of_Panama_Canal_Zone.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="203" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone" title="Panama Canal Zone">Panama Canal Zone</a> (1903–1979)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Emblem_of_Space_Base_Delta_1.svg/11px-Emblem_of_Space_Base_Delta_1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Emblem_of_Space_Base_Delta_1.svg/16px-Emblem_of_Space_Base_Delta_1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Emblem_of_Space_Base_Delta_1.svg/21px-Emblem_of_Space_Base_Delta_1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="720" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base" title="Pituffik Space Base">Pituffik Space Base</a> (1943–present)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire"><img alt="Austrian Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a> <a href="/wiki/Austrian_colonial_policy" title="Austrian colonial policy">Colonies</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-HRE_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRE-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary"><img alt="Austria-Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austro-Hungarian Empire</a></b> (1719–1750, 1778–1783, 1901–1917) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_colonial_policy" title="Austrian colonial policy">Austrian colonial policy</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ostend_company_flag.png/23px-Ostend_company_flag.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ostend_company_flag.png/35px-Ostend_company_flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ostend_company_flag.png/45px-Ostend_company_flag.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ostend_Company" title="Ostend Company">Ostend Company</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bankipur_(Bengal)" title="Bankipur (Bengal)">Bankipur (Bengal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covelong" title="Covelong">Covelong</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_East_India_Company" title="Austrian East India Company">Austrian East India Company</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_colonisation_of_Nicobar_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Austrian colonisation of Nicobar Islands">Austrian colonisation of Nicobar Islands</a> (1778–1785)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Maputo#Austrian_colonization,_1770s" title="History of Maputo">Austrian Delagoa Bay</a> (1773–1781)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3ric_Benyovszky" class="mw-redirect" title="Móric Benyovszky">Móric Benyovszky's Madagascar</a> (1774–1779)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Borneo" title="North Borneo">Austrian North Borneo</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Josef_Land" title="Franz Josef Land">Franz Josef Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_concession_of_Tianjin" title="Austro-Hungarian concession of Tianjin">Austro-Hungarian concession of Tianjin</a> (1901–1917)</li> <li>Hungarian colonial attempts<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chor%C4%85giew_kr%C3%B3lewska_kr%C3%B3la_Zygmunta_III_Wazy.svg/23px-Chor%C4%85giew_kr%C3%B3lewska_kr%C3%B3la_Zygmunta_III_Wazy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chor%C4%85giew_kr%C3%B3lewska_kr%C3%B3la_Zygmunta_III_Wazy.svg/35px-Chor%C4%85giew_kr%C3%B3lewska_kr%C3%B3la_Zygmunta_III_Wazy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chor%C4%85giew_kr%C3%B3lewska_kr%C3%B3la_Zygmunta_III_Wazy.svg/45px-Chor%C4%85giew_kr%C3%B3lewska_kr%C3%B3la_Zygmunta_III_Wazy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a></b> (1637–1795) <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Courland" title="Courland"><img alt="Courland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_courland.svg/23px-Flag_of_courland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_courland.svg/35px-Flag_of_courland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_courland.svg/46px-Flag_of_courland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia" title="Duchy of Courland and Semigallia">Duchy of Courland and Semigallia</a></b> (a <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvian</a> vassal of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1637–1690): <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Couronian_colonization" class="mw-redirect" title="Couronian colonization">Couronian colonization in Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Couronian_colonization_of_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="Couronian colonization of the Americas">Couronian colonization of the Americas</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire"><img alt="Holy Roman Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/23px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/35px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/45px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_German_colonies" title="List of former German colonies">German colonial initiatives</a></b> (1683–1721) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_German_colonies#Prussia" title="List of former German colonies">Colonies</a> of <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Brandenburg-Prusia.png/23px-Flag_of_Brandenburg-Prusia.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Brandenburg-Prusia.png/35px-Flag_of_Brandenburg-Prusia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Brandenburg-Prusia.png/46px-Flag_of_Brandenburg-Prusia.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="419" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg-Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandenburg-Prussia">Brandenburg-Prussia</a> (1683–1721)<sup id="cite_ref-HRE_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRE-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanauish_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanauish Indies">Colonies</a> of <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Hanau_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wappen_Hanau_2.svg/19px-Wappen_Hanau_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wappen_Hanau_2.svg/29px-Wappen_Hanau_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wappen_Hanau_2.svg/38px-Wappen_Hanau_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="555" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/County_of_Hanau" title="County of Hanau">County of Hanau</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askania-Nova_(urban-type_settlement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Askania-Nova (urban-type settlement)">Neu-Askania</a> (1828–1856)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="German colonization of the Americas">German colonization of the Americas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Klein-Venedig" title="Klein-Venedig">Klein-Venedig</a> (1528–1546)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire"><img alt="Holy Roman Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/23px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/35px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/45px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_without_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Pre-<a href="/wiki/Unification_of_Italy" title="Unification of Italy">unification</a> Italian colonialism</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Italy_and_the_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Italy and the colonization of the Americas">Italy and the colonization of the Americas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maritime_republics" title="Maritime republics">Maritime republics</a></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Flag_of_the_Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany_%281562-1737%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany_%281562-1737%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Flag_of_the_Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany_%281562-1737%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany_%281562-1737%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Flag_of_the_Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany_%281562-1737%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany_%281562-1737%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany" title="Grand Duchy of Tuscany">Grand Duchy of Tuscany</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Thornton_expedition" title="Thornton expedition">Thornton expedition</a> (1608–1609)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg/23px-Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg/35px-Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg/45px-Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Africa" title="Kingdom of Africa">Kingdom of Africa</a> (1135–1160)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Order_of_St._John_%28various%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights Hospitaller</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_Malta_under_the_Order_of_Saint_John" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Malta under the Order of Saint John"><b>Malta</b></a>, a vassal of the <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg/19px-Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg/29px-Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg/38px-Bandiera_del_Regno_di_Sicilia_4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a></b>): <a href="/wiki/Hospitaller_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Hospitaller colonization of the Americas">Hospitaller colonization of the Americas</a></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Genoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Genoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Genoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Genoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Genoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Genoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Genoese_colonies" title="Genoese colonies">Genoese colonies</a></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stato_da_M%C3%A0r" title="Stato da Màr">Stato da Màr</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_possessions_of_Norway" title="List of possessions of Norway">List of possessions of Norway</a> (1920–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_the_Red%27s_Land" title="Erik the Red's Land">Erik the Red's Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dependencies_of_Norway" title="Dependencies of Norway">Norway Antarctic and sub-Antarctic possessions</a> (1927–1957)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland"><img alt="Kingdom of Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a></b> (1621–1707) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Scottish colonization of the Americas">Scottish colonization of the Americas</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco"><img alt="Morocco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Morocco" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Morocco">Kingdom of Morocco</a></b> (1975–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Provinces" title="Southern Provinces">Southern Provinces</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Om_1958.gif/23px-Om_1958.gif" decoding="async" width="23" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Om_1958.gif/35px-Om_1958.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Om_1958.gif/46px-Om_1958.gif 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="195" /></span></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Omani_Empire" title="Omani Empire">Omani Empire</a></b> (1652–1892) <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ya%27ariba_Dynasty%27s_ensign.jpg/23px-Ya%27ariba_Dynasty%27s_ensign.jpg" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ya%27ariba_Dynasty%27s_ensign.jpg/35px-Ya%27ariba_Dynasty%27s_ensign.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ya%27ariba_Dynasty%27s_ensign.jpg/46px-Ya%27ariba_Dynasty%27s_ensign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1658" data-file-height="900" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yaruba_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaruba dynasty">Yaruba dynasty</a> (1624–1742)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_Muscat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Muscat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_Muscat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Muscat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_Muscat.svg/45px-Flag_of_Muscat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Muscat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Muscat">Sultanate of Muscat</a> (1652–1820)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Zanzibar_Under_British_Rule.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zanzibar_Under_British_Rule.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Zanzibar_Under_British_Rule.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zanzibar_Under_British_Rule.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Zanzibar_Under_British_Rule.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zanzibar_Under_British_Rule.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Zanzibar" title="Sultanate of Zanzibar">Sultanate of Zanzibar</a> (taken by Oman in 1698, became capital of the Omani Sultanate or Empire from 1632 or 1640; until 1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombasa</a> (1698–1728, 1729–1744, 1837–1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwadar" title="Gwadar">Gwadar</a> (1783–1958)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/History_of_China#Imperial_China" title="History of China">Chinese Empire</a></b> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Qin_dynasty" title="Qin dynasty">Qin dynasty</a> to <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_China_%281889%E2%80%931912%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_China_%281889%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_China_%281889%E2%80%931912%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_China_%281889%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_China_%281889%E2%80%931912%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_China_%281889%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a></b>), <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> (221 BC – 1911) <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chinese_imperialism" title="Chinese imperialism">Chinese imperialism</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tributary_system_of_China" title="Tributary system of China">Imperial Chinese Tributary System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hainan" title="Hainan">Hainan</a> (since the Han dynasty) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Nansha Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paracel_Islands" title="Paracel Islands">Xisha Islands</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchuria" title="Manchuria">Manchuria</a> (during the Tang, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manchuria" title="Manchuria">Manchuria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northeast_China" title="Northeast China">Northeast China</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Manchuria" title="Outer Manchuria">Outer Manchuria</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sakhalin" title="Sakhalin">Kuye Island</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canghai_Commandery" title="Canghai Commandery">Canghai Commandery</a>(A commandery that self subjugated to Han dynasty from Dongye)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Commanderies_of_Han" title="Four Commanderies of Han">Four Commanderies of Han</a> (Established after the fall of Gojoseon)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daifang_Commandery" title="Daifang Commandery">Daifang Commandery</a> (Offshoot of the former four commanderies of Han that existed in the 3rd to 4th century)</li> <li>Colonization attempts of the <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> after Unification of the three kingdoms of Korea (<a href="/wiki/Gyerim_Territory_Area_Command" title="Gyerim Territory Area Command">Gyerim Territory Area Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protectorate_General_to_Pacify_the_East" title="Protectorate General to Pacify the East">Protectorate General to Pacify the East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ungjin_Commandery" title="Ungjin Commandery">Ungjin Commandery</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongnyeong_Prefectures" title="Dongnyeong Prefectures">Dongnyeong Prefectures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ssangseong_Prefectures" class="mw-redirect" title="Ssangseong Prefectures">Ssangseong Prefectures</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamna_prefectures" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamna prefectures">Tamna prefectures</a> (Yuan dynasty)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Mongolia" title="Outer Mongolia">Outer Mongolia</a> (during for example the Tang and Qing dynasties) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tuva" title="Tuva">Tannu Uriankhai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> (during the Qing dynasty)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a> (during the Yuan and Qing dynasties)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_domination_of_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese domination of Vietnam">Vietnam</a> (from the Han to Tang dynasties, and during the early Ming dynasty)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> (during the Tang and Qing dynasties) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protectorate_General_to_Pacify_the_West" title="Protectorate General to Pacify the West">Protectorate General to Pacify the West</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Empire" title="Ethiopian Empire"><img alt="Ethiopian Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Empire" title="Ethiopian Empire">Ethiopian</a></b> <b>colonies</b> <b>as the</b> <b><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aksum#Kaleb_of_Axum,_Saint_Elesbaan" title="Kingdom of Aksum">Aksum Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abyssinian_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Abyssinian empire">Abyssinian empire</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_history_of_Yemen#Kingdom_of_Ḥimyar_(2nd_century_BCE_–_525_CE)" title="Ancient history of Yemen">Viceroyalty of Yemen</a> (520–578)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menelik_II%27s_conquests" title="Menelik II's conquests">Ethiopian South-Eastern colonization</a> (1878–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Region" title="Somali Region">Ethiopian Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oromia" title="Oromia">Oromia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambela_Region" title="Gambela Region">Gambela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Nations,_Nationalities,_and_Peoples%27_Region" title="Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region">Southern Nations</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Eritrea_%281952-1961%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Eritrea_%281952-1961%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Eritrea_%281952-1961%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Eritrea_%281952-1961%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Eritrea_%281952-1961%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Eritrea_%281952-1961%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian-Eritrean_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian-Eritrean Federation">Ethiopian-Eritrean</a>/<a href="/wiki/Eritrea_Province" title="Eritrea Province">Eritrea Province</a> (1952–1993)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Persian Empire (disambiguation)">Persian Empires</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Oman#Persian_period" title="History of Oman">Oman</a> (5th century BC–628; <a href="/wiki/Afsharid_conquests_in_the_Persian_Gulf_and_Oman" title="Afsharid conquests in the Persian Gulf and Oman">1743–1747</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> (5th century BC–629; <a href="/wiki/Uyunid_dynasty" title="Uyunid dynasty">1077–1253</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ormus#New_Hormuz" title="Ormus">1330–1507</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Yemen" title="Sasanian Yemen">Sasanian Yemen</a> (570–628)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bijapur_Sultan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bijapur Sultan">Bijapur Sultan</a> (1490-1686)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persianization" title="Persianization">Persianization</a> of regions within <a href="/wiki/Greater_Iran" title="Greater Iran">Greater Iran</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a> and <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Abbasid_banner.svg/23px-Abbasid_banner.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Abbasid_banner.svg/35px-Abbasid_banner.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Bari" title="Emirate of Bari">Emirate of Bari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Malta#History" title="Islam in Malta">Malta</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jazira_(caliphal_province)" title="Al-Jazira (caliphal province)">Al-Jazira (Arab Mesopotamia)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Awasim" title="Al-Awasim">Al-Awasim</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabs_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabs in Iran">Arab Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabistan_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabistan (Iran)">Arabistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khamseh" title="Khamseh">Khamseh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Asian_Arabic" title="Central Asian Arabic">Arab Central Asian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khorasani_Arabs" title="Khorasani Arabs">Arab Khorasan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arminiya" title="Arminiya">Arminiya (Arab Caucasus)</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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Western European colonialism and colonization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_troops" title="Colonial troops">Colonial troops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire" title="Empire">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Divergence" title="Great Divergence">Great Divergence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hegemony" title="Hegemony">Hegemony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Western_civilization" title="History of Western civilization">History of Western civilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperialism" title="Imperialism">Imperialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_great_powers" title="List of ancient great powers">List of ancient great powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_empires" title="List of largest empires">List of largest empires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_medieval_great_powers" title="List of medieval great powers">List of medieval great powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_modern_great_powers" title="List of modern great powers">List of modern great powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_empires" title="Middle Eastern empires">Middle Eastern empires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nomadic_empire" title="Nomadic empire">Nomadic empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_empire_on_which_the_sun_never_sets" title="The empire on which the sun never sets">The empire on which the sun never sets</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonial_empire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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OCLC 55157841</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">part of the <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_New_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceroyalty of New Spain">Viceroyalty of New Spain</a> before 1821.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata">Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata</a> before 1810.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">During the reign of <a href="/wiki/Philip_V_of_Spain" title="Philip V of Spain">Philip V</a> of <a href="/wiki/House_of_Bourbon" title="House of Bourbon">Borbon</a>, an intense diplomatic and military activity was developed with which the recovery of a significant Spanish presence in Italy was achieved. 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Empire">Second</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_Empire_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Burmese Empire (disambiguation)">Burmese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pagan_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan Kingdom">First</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calakmul" title="Calakmul">Calakmul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caliphate" title="Caliphate">Caliphate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate" title="Fatimid Caliphate">Fatimid</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalukya_dynasty" title="Chalukya dynasty">Chalukya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Chalukya_Empire" title="Western Chalukya Empire">Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Chalukyas" title="Eastern 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Genoa">Genoese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garabito_Empire" title="Garabito Empire">Huetar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripartite_Struggle" title="Tripartite Struggle">Kannauj</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurjara-Pratihara_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty">Gurjara-Pratihara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtrakuta_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtrakuta Empire">Rashtrakuta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Persian Empire (disambiguation)">Iranian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tahirid_dynasty" title="Tahirid dynasty">Tahirid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saffarid_dynasty" title="Saffarid dynasty">Saffarid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanid_Empire" title="Samanid Empire">Samanid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buyid_dynasty" title="Buyid dynasty">Buyid</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Japan" title="History of Japan">Japanese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yamato_period" title="Yamato period">Yamato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_shogunate" title="Kamakura shogunate">Kamakura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_shogunate" title="Ashikaga shogunate">Muromachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Edo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu_Empire" title="Kanem–Bornu Empire">Kanem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmer_Empire" title="Khmer Empire">Khmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Empire" title="Latin Empire">Latin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Lithuania" title="History of Lithuania">Lithuanian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Grand Duchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Commonwealth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majapahit" title="Majapahit">Majapahit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali_Empire" title="Mali Empire">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" title="Yuan dynasty">Yuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Horde" title="Golden Horde">Golden Horde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chagatai_Khanate" title="Chagatai Khanate">Chagatai Khanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkhanate" title="Ilkhanate">Ilkhanate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Morocco" title="History of Morocco">Moroccan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Idrisid_dynasty" title="Idrisid dynasty">Idrisid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almoravid_dynasty" title="Almoravid dynasty">Almoravid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almohad_Caliphate" title="Almohad Caliphate">Almohad</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norgesveldet" class="mw-redirect" title="Norgesveldet">Norwegian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sea_Empire" title="North Sea Empire">North Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyo_Empire" title="Oyo Empire">Oyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland" title="History of Poland">Polish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland" title="Kingdom of Poland">Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Commonwealth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenization_in_the_Byzantine_Empire" title="Hellenization in the Byzantine Empire">Hellenic</a> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Nicaea" title="Empire of Nicaea">Nicaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Thessalonica" title="Empire of Thessalonica">Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Trebizond" title="Empire of Trebizond">Trebizond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_Epirus" title="Despotate of Epirus">Epirus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_the_Morea" title="Despotate of the Morea">Morea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romano-Germanic_culture" title="Romano-Germanic culture">Romano-Germanic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carolingian_Empire" title="Carolingian Empire">Carolingian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Empire" title="Serbian Empire">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singhasari" title="Singhasari">Singhasari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songhai_Empire" title="Songhai Empire">Songhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srivijaya" title="Srivijaya">Srivijaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Empire" title="Tibetan Empire">Tibetan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikal" title="Tikal">Tikal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiwanaku_Empire" title="Tiwanaku Empire">Tiwanaku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toltec_Empire" title="Toltec Empire">Toltec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turco-Persian_tradition" title="Turco-Persian tradition">Turco-Persian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghaznavids" title="Ghaznavids">Ghaznavid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Empire" title="Seljuk Empire">Great Seljuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwarazmian_Empire" title="Khwarazmian Empire">Khwarezmian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timurid_Empire" title="Timurid Empire">Timurid</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks" title="Göktürks">Turkic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Turkic_Khaganate" title="First Turkic Khaganate">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Western Turkic Khaganate">Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Eastern Turkic Khaganate">Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Second Turkic Khaganate">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrgesh" title="Türgesh">Türgesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uyghur_Khaganate" title="Uyghur Khaganate">Uighur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_Khaganate" title="Kyrgyz Khaganate">Kyrgyz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t" title="Đại Việt">Vietnamese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90inh_dynasty" title="Đinh dynasty">Dinh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_L%C3%AA_dynasty" title="Early Lê dynasty">Early Le</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BD_dynasty" title="Lý dynasty">Ly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_dynasty" title="Trần dynasty">Tran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%E1%BB%93_dynasty" title="Hồ dynasty">Ho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Later_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_dynasty" title="Later Trần dynasty">Later Tran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%AA_dynasty" title="Lê dynasty">Later Le</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire" title="Vijayanagara Empire">Vijayanagara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Empire" title="Ghana Empire">Wagadou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wari_Empire" title="Wari Empire">Wari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Modern_era" title="Modern era">Modern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist F" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Afghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti Empire">Ashanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austro-Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Brazil" title="Empire of Brazil">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_Empire_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Burmese Empire (disambiguation)">Burmese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Toungoo_Empire" title="First Toungoo Empire">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konbaung_dynasty" title="Konbaung dynasty">Third</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Empire" title="Central African Empire">Central African</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Empire" title="Chinese Empire">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_China_(1915%E2%80%931916)" title="Empire of China (1915–1916)">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_imperialism" title="Chinese imperialism">Contemporary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Empire" title="Ethiopian Empire">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Haiti" title="History of Haiti">Haitian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Empire_of_Haiti" title="First Empire of Haiti">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Empire_of_Haiti" title="Second Empire of Haiti">Second</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_France" title="History of France">French</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">Second</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Germany" title="History of Germany">German</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Persian_culture" title="Indo-Persian culture">Indo-Persian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikh_Empire" title="Sikh Empire">Sikh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afsharid_Iran" title="Afsharid Iran">Afsharid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zand_dynasty" title="Zand dynasty">Zand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Qajar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Pahlavi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Empire" title="Korean Empire">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maratha_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha Empire">Maratha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Mexico" title="History of Mexico">Mexican</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Mexican_Empire" title="First Mexican Empire">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Mexican_Empire" title="Second Mexican Empire">Second</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Yuan" title="Northern Yuan">Mongol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oirat_Confederation" title="Oirat Confederation">Oirat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoshut_Khanate" title="Khoshut Khanate">Khoshut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzungar_Khanate" title="Dzungar Khanate">Dzungar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmyk_Khanate" title="Kalmyk Khanate">Kalmyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogd_Khanate_of_Mongolia" title="Bogd Khanate of Mongolia">Bogd</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Morocco" title="History of Morocco">Moroccan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saadi_Sultanate" title="Saadi Sultanate">Saadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alawi_Sultanate" title="Alawi Sultanate">'Alawi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Russia" title="History of Russia">Russian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsardom_of_Russia" title="Tsardom of Russia">Tsarist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Imperial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_imperialism#Contemporary_Russian_imperialism" title="Russian imperialism">Contemporary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokoto_Caliphate" title="Sokoto Caliphate">Sokoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Somalia" title="History of Somalia">Somali</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isaaq_Sultanate" title="Isaaq Sultanate">Isaaq</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tu%CA%BBi_Tonga_Empire" title="Tuʻi Tonga Empire">Tongan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t" title="Đại Việt">Vietnamese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M%E1%BA%A1c_dynasty" title="Mạc dynasty">Mạc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revival_L%C3%AA_dynasty" title="Revival Lê dynasty">Revival Lê</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A2y_S%C6%A1n_dynasty" title="Tây Sơn dynasty">Tay Sơn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_dynasty" title="Nguyễn dynasty">Dainam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Vietnam" title="Empire of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Colonial" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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title="Neocolonialism">neocolonialism</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.0em">Exploration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exploration_of_the_Americas" title="Exploration of the Americas">Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_exploration_of_Africa" title="European exploration of Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chronology_of_European_exploration_of_Asia" title="Chronology of European exploration of Asia">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europeans_in_Oceania" title="Europeans in Oceania">Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exploration_of_Antarctica" 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Asia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonisation_of_Oceania" title="Colonisation of Oceania">Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonization_of_Antarctica" title="Colonization of Antarctica">Antarctica</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.0em">Decolonization</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decolonization_of_the_Americas" title="Decolonization of the Americas">Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decolonisation_of_Africa" title="Decolonisation of Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decolonisation_of_Asia" title="Decolonisation of Asia">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decolonisation_of_Oceania" title="Decolonisation of Oceania">Oceania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General<br />topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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title="Colonies in antiquity">Antiquity</a> — <a href="/wiki/Imperialism" title="Imperialism">Imperialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chartered_company" title="Chartered company">Chartered companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interventionism_(politics)" title="Interventionism (politics)">Interventionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonialism" title="Colonialism">Colonialism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chronology_of_Western_colonialism" title="Chronology of Western colonialism">chronology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_colonialism" title="History of colonialism">history</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">empires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detribalization" title="Detribalization">detribalization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Settler_colonialism" title="Settler colonialism">settler colonialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_war" title="Colonial war">wars</a></li></ul></li> <li>Current: <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_list_of_non-self-governing_territories" title="United Nations list of non-self-governing territories">Non-self-governing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.0em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Colonial empires</a><br /> in the <a href="/wiki/Modern_era" title="Modern era">modern era</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Overseas, major: <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Empire">Dutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_colonial_empire" title="German colonial empire">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Empire" title="Italian Empire">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Overseas, minor: <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua_and_New_Guinea" title="Territory of Papua and New Guinea">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_colonial_policy" title="Austrian colonial policy">Austro-Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_colonial_empire" title="Belgian colonial empire">Belgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Couronian_colonization" class="mw-redirect" title="Couronian colonization">Couronian (Polish-Lithuanian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_overseas_colonies" title="Danish overseas colonies">Danish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_possessions_of_Norway" title="List of possessions of Norway">Norwegian</a></li> <li><a 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