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The German colonial empire (Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies and territories of Imperial Germany. Unified in the early 1870s, the chancellor of this time period was Otto von Bismarck. Short-lived attempts of colonization by individual German states had occurred in preceding centuries, but crucial colonial efforts only began…

Israel, officially known as the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the south eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. In its Basic Laws, Israel defines itself as a Jewish and democratic state, and the nation…

Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. The Colony of Hong Kong became part of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded…

British Hong Kong was a colony and dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a brief period under Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. The colonial period began with the occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841 during the First Opium War. The island was…