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The phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" (Spanish: el imperio donde nunca se pone el sol) has been used to describe certain global empires...

The empire on which the sun never sets is a term for particular global empires, the idea being that they were so extensive that there was always at least...

Rising Sun (disambiguation) Kingdom of the Sun (disambiguation) The Queendom of Sol, a book series by Wil McCarthy The empire on which the sun never sets Sun...

labelled as "the empire on which the sun never sets", a term used to describe several global empires throughout history. The lands of the empire had in common...

widespread. At the peak of its power, it was described as "the empire on which the sun never sets", as the sun was always shining on at least one of...

Empire "The empire on which the sun never sets" British Raj (1858–1947) sometimes unofficially known as the "Indian Empire" Colonial Office Company rule...

of the most powerful empires of the early modern period, becoming known as "the empire on which the sun never sets". At its greatest extent in the late...

Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American epic coming-of-age war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tom Stoppard, based on J. G. Ballard's...

The personal union of the European and American territories he ruled was the first collection of realms labelled "the empire on which the sun never sets"...

Eastern empires Nomadic empire The empire on which the sun never sets   Great Britain   France   Spain   Portugal   Netherlands   Germany   Ottoman Empire   Belgium...

as "the empire on which the sun never sets." A large golden sun would have defaced the centre of the flag to further reinforce that symbolism. The top...

history, being the first one who was referred to as The empire on which the sun never sets and having pretensions (specially during the Spanish Habsburg)...

to as "the empire on which the sun never sets". The political and social changes and economic disruption in the United Kingdom and throughout the world...

territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled "a vast Empire, on which the sun never sets". He was born in 1737 as the only son of George...

similar to how the Spanish Empire and later the British Empire were called the "empire[s] on which the sun never sets", the latter still being technically...

transcontinental countries List of former transcontinental countries The empire on which the sun never sets Tricontinental Chile Pluricontinentalism List of sovereign...

large sun in the centre symbolized "the empire on which the sun never sets." In 1930, the newspaper La Presse proposed a new Canadian flag, it being the one...

phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" described the British Empire, because its expanse around the globe meant that the sun always shone on at least...

British Empire Flag". The New York Times. The London Express. 9 February 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via The New York Times Archives. "Are the Conservatives...

Watching the Third World Slide By Through the Prism of a Champagne Glass (2011) – Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, Netherlands The Empire on which the Sun Never...