The empire on which the sun never sets information
Phrase describing a large, influential and established territory
"Sun never sets" redirects here. For other uses, see The Sun Never Sets (disambiguation).
The phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" (Spanish: el imperio donde nunca se pone el sol) has been used to describe certain global empires that were so territorially extensive that it seemed as though it was always daytime in at least one part of their territory.
The concept of an empire ruling all lands where the sun shines dates back to the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians, the Persians, and the Romans. In its modern form, it was first used for the Habsburg Empire of Charles V, who, as Duke of Burgundy, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Holy Roman Emperor, attempted to build a universal monarchy. The term was then used for the Spanish Empire under Philip II and his successors, when it reached a global territorial size, particularly in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.[1][2][3] It was also used for the British Empire, mainly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a period in which it reached a global territorial size. In the late 20th century, the phrase was sometimes adapted to refer to the global reach of American power.
^Holslag, Jonathan (25 October 2018). A Political History of the World: Three Thousand Years of War and Peace. Penguin UK. ISBN 9780241352052 – via Google Books. Spanning both hemispheres and the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, the Habsburg Empire was – as its propagandists proudly boasted – the first 'upon which the sun never set'.[page needed]
^Lothar Höbelt (2003). Defiant Populist: Jörg Haider and the Politics of Austria. Purdue University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-55753-230-5.
^Cropsey, Seth (2017). Seablindness: How Political Neglect Is Choking American Seapower and What to Do About It. Encounter Books. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-59403-916-4.
and 25 Related for: The empire on which the sun never sets information
Rising Sun (disambiguation) Kingdom of theSun (disambiguation) The Queendom of Sol, a book series by Wil McCarthy Theempireonwhichthesunneversets Sun...
labelled as "theempireonwhichthesunneversets", a term used to describe several global empires throughout history. The lands of theempire had in common...
similar to how the Spanish Empire and later the British Empire were called the "empire[s] onwhichthesunneversets", the latter still being technically...
phrase "theempireonwhichthesunneversets" described the British Empire, because its expanse around the globe meant that thesun always shone on at least...
"form a worthy centre to the metropolis of theEmpire 'upon whichthesunneversets'". The complex was planned to be joined to the Great Cloister of Westminster...
transcontinental countries List of former transcontinental countries Theempireonwhichthesunneversets Tricontinental Chile Pluricontinentalism List of sovereign...
Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2023. "Canada, flag proposals". "A British Empire Flag". The New York Times. The London Express...
large sun in the centre symbolized "theempireonwhichthesunneversets." In 1930, the newspaper La Presse proposed a new Canadian flag, it being the one...
In the New Empire period, theSun became identified with the dung beetle. In the form of thesun disc Aten, theSun had a brief resurgence during the Amarna...
other into a World War and in whichthe mighty airships of a British Empireonwhichthesunneversets are threatened by the rise of new and terrible enemies...
Watching the Third World Slide By Through the Prism of a Champagne Glass (2011) – Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, Netherlands TheEmpireonwhichtheSun Never...
"theempireonwhichthesunneversets". Furthermore, Queen Bona was instrumental in establishing an alliance between Poland and France, with the objective...
officer said "we will soon have an empireonwhichthesunneversets." But acquisitions unrelated to art swelled the company's indebtedness, and a savage...
on 28 July 2015. In early 2016, the Cat Empire announced their second fully independent album, Rising with theSun, produced by Jan Skubiszewski. The...
often repeated that theempirenever fell. Also the novel's protagonist is described as living in two spacetime-continua with one of the personalities presently...
Global Information