It marked a turning point in relations between France and its overseas empire.

Thus the era of overseas empires and free world trade closes.

By 1914 she had established an overseas empire and a navy to protect it.

"In the era of great European overseas empires, there was nothing that the people who were subjects could do," he explained.

For the Portuguese ruling regime, the overseas empire was a matter of national interest, to be preserved at all costs.

The shock in England over the loss of its formerly wide overseas empire was very great.

For the Portuguese ruling regime, the overseas empire was a matter of national interest.

The term early modern is most often applied to Europe, and its overseas empire.

The war marked the end of Germany's short-lived overseas empire.

France needed to keep shipping lanes open in order to maintain her overseas empire.