The British Empire consisted of the colonies | and

AND
abbr. avia.	army/navy drawing; aircraft nose down
abbr. IT	Logical AND; any day now
abbr. med.	Allow Natural Death
abbr. mil.	alphanumeric display
abbr. oil	Advanced Digital Network; alphanumerical display; Andorra

| territories

Territory
law abbr.	T.

| occupied | or

OR
abbr. med.	Orbicularis Oris

| administered

administer
law	to manage the affairs of

by the | United Kingdom

United Kingdom
invest. abbr.	U.K.

from the | late

LATE
abbr. med.	limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy

16 | th

TH
abbr. med.	T Helper

| and

AND
abbr. IT	Logical AND

| early

EARLY
abbr. mil.	evasion and recovery supplemental data report

17 | th

TH
abbr. med.	T Helper

| centuries

century
abbr.	cen

| It

It.
abbr. libr.	Italian

| became

became
gram.	become

the principal | global

global
abbr.	glo

| power

POWER
abbr. el.	performance optimization with enhanced RISC

| and

AND
abbr. IT	Logical AND

| by

by
abbr.	battery

1922 | it

It.
abbr. libr.	Italian

| ruled

rule
law	decide

| a

a
gen.	but

| population

population
IT	A process or application-specific software element serving as a communication endpoint for the Transport Layer IP protocols

of about 458 | million

million
abbr.	m

| people

PEOPLE
abbr. comp., net. IT	Public Employees Organized To Promote Legislative Equality

one-quarter of the world | s

s.
abbr. libr.	sign

| population

population
IT	A process or application-specific software element serving as a communication endpoint for the Transport Layer IP protocols

During | the

THE
abbr. med.	Tetrahydrocortisone E

20 | th

TH
abbr. med.	T Helper

| century

century
abbr.	cen

most of the Empire gained independence as part of decolonisation | See

SEE
abbr. st.exch.	Sealed Air Corporation

post-colonialism