Single-cell organisms grow, engulf other cells, split, decline, and die. So do empires. Pedro M. Cruz and Penousal Machado created a visualization that illustrates the historical timeline of the
British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese empires as cells undergoing mitosis. You can see how this idea of independent countries really caught on over time. (via
Everlasting Blort)
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There used to be a phrase, "The Sun never sets on the British Empire"
and for a long time it was true.
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