Sparks Commentary

During the  Enlightenment , the Netherlands were one of the world’s great imperial powers. They were then one of the freest countries in the...

“We refer to the group of self-governing communities composed of Great Britain and the Dominions. Their position and mutual relation may be ...

“In the reign of king Henry the seventh, his ministers (not to say the king himself) were more industrious in hunting out prosecutions upon ...

“Whilst the Amphictyonic confederacy remained, that of the Achaeans, which comprehended the less important cities only, made little figure o...

The eighteenth century was a crucial period for the  British Empire . It saw the birth of the “Kingdom of Great Britain” itself , in the 17...

“A Declaration introducing into international relations certain uniform rules with reference to future occupations on the coast of the Afric...

Also known as the “Eastern Roman Empire,” which lasted about a thousand years longer than the better-known “Western Roman Empire.” The R...

“ ♪ Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves. And Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. ♪ ” – “Rule, Britannia!” (1740) , a B...

Note: This is a different series from  “Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire” (which is made by the BBC). There aren't too m...

A disturbing and intensely fascinating human drama ... It caused the fall of empires, and the rise of a new one in their place. It chang...