"leads a bombing mission to destroy the base. John survives it. Zurof and his men are killed. The film had been in development and Universal ""on and off"" for three years. Eventually Rowland V. Lee was assigned to direct and Basil Rathbone to star. (The two men had just made ""Son of Frankenstein"" together.) In February Douglas Fairbank signed to co star. The script was written by W.P. Lipscomb who said the film wanted to pay tribute to the British colonial service. We attacked it by telling the story of one family, typical of hundreds of families who devote their"
"ring, the phrase is sometimes used critically with the implication of American imperialism, as in the title of Joseph Gerson's book, ""The Sun Never Sets: Confronting the Network of Foreign U.S. Military Bases"". The empire on which the sun never sets The phrase ""the empire on which the sun never sets"" has been used with variations to describe certain global empires that were so extensive that there was always at least one part of their territory that was in daylight. It was originally coined for the Spanish Empire, mainly in the 16th and 17th centuries. In more recent times, it"
"and first half of the 17th centuries, reaching its maximum extension in the 18th century. The Spanish Empire was the first empire to be called ""the empire on which the sun never sets"". Castile became the dominant kingdom in Iberia because of its jurisdiction over the overseas empire in the Americas and the Philippines. The structure of empire was established under the Spanish Hapsburgs (1516–1700) and under the Spanish Bourbon monarchs, the empire was brought under greater crown control and increased its revenues from the Indies. The crown's authority in The Indies was enlarged by the papal grant of powers"
"the Crown of Castile. The phrase ""the empire on which the sun never sets"" was first used for the Spanish Empire in the 16th century. During the late 16th and 17th centuries, England, France and the Dutch Republic also established their own overseas empires, in direct competition with each other. The end of the 18th and early 19th century saw the first era of decolonization, when most of the European colonies in the Americas gained their independence from their respective metropoles. Spain was irreversibly weakened after the loss of their New World colonies, but the Kingdom of Great Britain (uniting"
"the sun encircles.” Mesopotamian texts contemporary to Sargon of Akkad (c. 2334 – 2279 BC) proclaim that this king ruled “all the lands from sunrise to sunset.” In the early 16th century, the phrase, """"el imperio en el que nunca se pone el sol"""" (""the empire on which the sun never sets"") originated with a remark made by Fray Francisco de Ugalde to Charles I, who as king of Spain and as Holy Roman Emperor by the name of Charles V, had an empire, which included many territories in Europe, islands in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, cities in North Africa"
"expression, the sun never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shines upon one part or other of them : which, to say truly, is a beam of glory [...]"". Thomas Urquhart wrote of ""that great Don Philippe, Tetrarch of the world, upon whose subjects the sun never sets."" In the German dramatist Friedrich Schiller's 1787 play, ""Don Carlos"", Don Carlos's father, Philip II, says, """" (""I am called / The richest monarch in the Christian world; / The sun in my dominion never sets.""). Joseph Fouché recalled Napoleon saying before the Peninsular War, ""Reflect that the sun never sets"
"resulted in the Iberian Union, the first global empire on which the ""sun never set"". Soon the more northern English, French and Dutch began to dominate the Atlantic. In a series of wars fought in the 17th and 18th centuries, culminating with the Napoleonic Wars, Britain emerged as the new world power. Persia came under the rule of the Safavid Empire in 1501, succeeded by the Afsharid Empire in 1736,Zand Empire in 1751 and the Qajar Empire in 1794. Areas to the north and east were held by Uzbeks and Pashtuns. The Ottoman Empire, after taking Constantinople in 1453, quickly"
"over all Europe. Charles was the King, becoming Charles V Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, of one of the largest empires, the Spanish Empire, in European and world history - ""The empire on which the sun never sets."" The Bishop of Badajoz, Ruiz de la Mota, was an influential member of the Royal Council and declared to the ""Cortes"" of Corunna that Castile was to be the empire's ""treasury and sword."" When Charles left Spain in 1520, the Revolt of the Comuneros broke out against royal government. Much of their complaints were against the Council—representatives of Valladolid's radical parishes were"
"were the first to be described as ""the empire on which the sun never sets"". Charles was the heir of three of Europe's leading dynasties: Valois of Burgundy, Habsburg of Austria, and Trastámara of Spain. As heir of the House of Burgundy, he inherited areas in the Netherlands and around the eastern border of France. As a Habsburg, he inherited Austria and other lands in central Europe, and was also elected to succeed his grandfather, Maximilian I, as Holy Roman Emperor. As a grandson of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, from the Spanish House of Trastámara he inherited the Crown"
"Ottoman Empire against Russia. His empire collapsed after being defeated in the Franco-Prussian War. France gave up monarchs and became the democratic but anti-clerical French Third Republic, which lasted until 1940. Most European states had become constitutional (rather than absolute) monarchies by 1871, and Germany and Italy merged many small city-states to become united nation-states. Germany in particular increasingly dominated the continent in terms of economics and political power. Meanwhile, on a global scale, Great Britain, with its far-flung British Empire, unmatched Royal Navy, and powerful bankers, became the world's first global power. The sun never set on its territories,"
"Asia-Pacific area, areas of Italy, cities in Northern Africa, as well as parts of what are now France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The first circumnavigation of the world was carried out in 1519–1521. It was the first empire on which it was said that the sun never set. This was an Age of Discovery, with daring explorations by sea and by land, the opening-up of new trade routes across oceans, conquests and the beginnings of European colonialism. Spanish explorers brought back precious metals, spices, luxuries, and previously unknown plants, and played a leading part in transforming the European"
"The Roman Empire finally collapsed when Mehmed the Conqueror conquered Constantinople on 29 May 1453. The Roman Empire was one of the largest in history, with contiguous territories throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The Latin phrase ""imperium sine fine"" (""empire without end"") expressed the ideology that neither time nor space limited the Empire. In Vergil's epic poem the ""Aeneid,"" limitless empire is said to be granted to the Romans by their supreme deity Jupiter. This claim of universal dominion was renewed and perpetuated when the Empire came under Christian rule in the 4th century. In addition to"
"included territories on every continent then known to Europeans, including his namesake the Philippines. During his reign, Spain reached the height of its influence and power. This is sometimes called the ""Spanish Golden Age"". The expression ""the empire on which the sun never sets"" was coined during Philip's time to reflect the extent of his dominion. During Philip's reign there were separate state bankruptcies in 1557, 1560, 1569, 1575, and 1596. This was partly the cause of the declaration of independence that created the Dutch Republic in 1581. On 31 December 1584 Philip signed the Treaty of Joinville, with Henry"
"degrees longitude and at least 90 degrees latitude. For example, since the territory of the Spanish Empire was extended all over the world, it was often called the ""Empire of the Sun"" (in the 16th century). This claim was later applied to the British Empire (in the late 19th century). In the history of the world there existed many empires, but no empire ever dominated the entire world, the British Empire was recorded as the largest empire in history also accounted for only 1/4 surface of the world. The fundamental cause is that no nation with sufficient population and military"
"which lasted 220 years from 550 to 330 BC – a dynasty that brought stability, prosperity and a flourishing civilization to what we now call the Middle East and beyond. In its day, the largest and most powerful Empire the world had ever seen. It extended from the Indus River to North Africa, from the Aral Sea to the Persian Gulf, all told one million square miles.The Persian Empire had everything under the sun. Everything, that is, except a single historian to preserve for posterity its highs and lows. As seen through the eyes Greek historians, the Persians were weak"
"Russian Empire The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia or simply Russia, was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917. The third largest empire in world history, at its greatest extent stretching over three continents, Europe, Asia, and North America, the Russian Empire was surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires. The rise of the Russian Empire happened in association with the decline of neighboring rival"
"Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire (; ), historically known as the Hispanic Monarchy () and as the Catholic Monarchy () was one of the largest empires in history. From the late 15th century to the early 19th, Spain controlled a huge overseas territory in the New World and the Asian archipelago of the Philippines, what they called ""The Indies"" (). It also included territories in Europe, Africa and Oceania. The Spanish Empire has been described as the first global empire in history, a description also given to the Portuguese Empire. It was the world's most powerful empire during the 16th"
"I (1115–1077 BC) forged an empire which at its peak stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caspian Sea, and from the foothills of the Caucasus to Arabia. The 11th and 10th centuries BC were a dark age for the entire Near East, North Africa, Caucasus, Mediterranean and Balkan regions, with great upheavals and mass movements of people. Despite the apparent weakness of Assyria, at heart it remained a solid, well defended nation whose warriors were the best in the world. Assyria, with its stable monarchy and secure borders, was in a stronger position during this time than potential rivals"
"A solis ortu usque ad occasum A solis ortu usque ad occasum is a heraldic motto roughly meaning """"From sunrise to sunset"""" in Latin. Inspired by the Biblical passage of , it can be interpreted as the sentiment of the monarch's dominion over lands across the world, similar to how the British and Spanish Empires are/were called the ""empire[s] on which the sun never sets"". Most often cited in the coat of arms of many former Kings of Spain above the crest, it is distinctive in its placement above the crest similar to the Scottish style in slogans versus placement"
"empire the world had yet seen in the ancient world. At its peak it would stretch from Macedon and Paeonia-Bulgaria in the west, to the Indus Valley in the far east. Founded by Cyrus the Great, it was notable for embracing various civilizations and becoming the largest empire of the ancient history, for its successful model of a centralised, bureaucratic administration (through satraps under a king) and a government working to the profit of its subjects, for building infrastructure such as a postal system and road systems and the use of an official language across its territories and a large"
"build a monastery to commemorate the victory in a battle with an uncertain outcome but decisive, the one fought in Toro in 1476, which consolidated the union of the two most important Peninsular Kingdoms.”"" Soon came the Granada conquest, the discovery and colonization of the New World, the Spanish hegemony in Europe, and at last the ""Siglo de Oro"" (the Gold Century) whose zenith was reached with the incorporation of Portugal and its fabulous empire into the Iberian Union, creating a web of territories ""where the sun never sets"". Nowadays, the relationship between Spain and Portugal is excellent and battles"
"literally ""never set"" on the British Empire, for it had outposts on every occupied continent. It consolidated control over such far flung territories as Canada and British Guiana in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand in Oceania; Malaya, Hong Kong and Singapore in the Far East and a line of colonial possessions from Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope through Africa. All of India was under British rule by 1870. In 1804, the Shah of the declining Mughal Empire had formally accepted the protection of the British East India Company. Many Britons settled in India, establishing a ruling class."
"Sam"". In 1906, William Jennings Bryan wrote, ""If we can not boast that the sun never sets on American territory, we can find satisfaction in the fact that the sun never sets on American philanthropy""; after which, ""The New York Times"" received letters attempting to disprove his presupposition. A 1991 history book discussion of U.S. expansion states, ""Today ... the sun never sets on American territory, properties owned by the U.S. government and its citizens, American armed forces abroad, or countries that conduct their affairs within limits largely defined by American power."" Although most of these sentiments have a patriotic"
"world power by the time of Charles V's election in 1519, for the first and only time in their history—the ""World Emperor"" ruling an ""empire on which the sun never sets"". The Habsburgs' policies against Protestantism led to an eradication of the former throughout vast areas under their control. After the assignment, on 21 April 1521, of the Austrian lands to Ferdinand I by his brother Emperor Charles V (1519–1556), the dynasty split into the junior branch of the Austrian Habsburgs and the senior branch of the Spanish Habsburgs. The Austrian Habsburgs held the title of Holy Roman Emperor after"
"who eventually recaptured North Africa from the Vandals, and attempted to fully recover Italy as well in the hope of re-establishing Roman control over the lands once ruled by the Western Roman Empire. During its second Golden Age, the Sassanid Empire reached the peak of its power under the reign of Khosrau I. After being divided for more than 150 years into the Southern and Northern Dynasties, China was reunited under the Sui Dynasty towards the end of the 6th century. The classical Gupta Empire of Northern India, largely overrun by the Huna, ended in the mid-6th century. The Three"
"one of the great powers in East Asia, reaching its zenith in the 5th century when its territories expanded to encompass most of Manchuria to the north, parts of Inner Mongolia to the west, parts of Russia to the east, and the Seoul region to the south. Goguryeo experienced a golden age under Gwanggaeto the Great and his son Jangsu, who both subdued Baekje and Silla during their times, achieving a brief unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea and becoming the most dominant power on the Korean Peninsula. In addition to contesting for control of the Korean Peninsula, Goguryeo"
"First Toungoo Empire The First Toungoo Empire (, ; also known as the First Toungoo Dynasty, the Second Burmese Empire or simply the Toungoo Empire) was the dominant power in mainland Southeast Asia in the second half of the 16th century. At its peak, Toungoo ""exercised suzerainty from Manipur to the Cambodian marches and from the borders of Arakan to Yunnan"" and was ""probably the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia."" The ""most adventurous and militarily successful"" dynasty in Burmese history was also the ""shortest-lived."" The empire grew out of the principality of Toungoo, a minor vassal state"
"Empire (911-605 BC), the latter two of these empires made Assyria the most powerful nation in the world at the time. At its height the Assyrians ruled a vast empire from their homeland in what is today northern Iraq, north east Syria and south east Turkey, an empire stretching from the Caucasus Mountains in the north to Egypt, Libya and the Arabian peninsula in the south, and from Cyprus and Antioch in the west to western Iran and the Caspian Sea in the east. After the Assyrian empire fell between 612 and 599 BC, Assyria endured mostly as an occupied"
"Portuguese Empire The Portuguese Empire (), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (""Ultramar Português"") or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (""Império Colonial Português""), was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in world history. It existed for almost six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415, to the handover of Portuguese Macau to China in 1999. The empire began in the 15th century, and from the early 16th century it stretched across the globe, with bases in North and South America, Africa, and various regions of Asia and Oceania. The Portuguese Empire has been described as the first global empire"
"market and concomitant dominance of world trade. In France, King Louis XIV (1638–1715) and (Emperor) Napoleon I (1799–1815) attempted French true hegemony via economic, cultural and military domination of most of Continental Europe. However, Jeremy Black writes that, because of Britain, France ""was unable to enjoy the benefits"" of this hegemony. After the defeat and exile of Napoleon, hegemony largely passed to the British Empire, which became the largest empire in history, with Queen Victoria (1837–1901) ruling over one-quarter of the world's land and population at its zenith. Like the Dutch, the British Empire was primarily seaborne; many British possessions"
"not just history."" On the opposite side of the same token, warrior kings Naresuan of Ayutthaya and Setthathirath of Lan Xang remain the most celebrated kings in Thailand and Laos respectively—Naresuan for returning Siam to independence and Setthathirath for his pesky resistance to the empire. First Toungoo Empire The First Toungoo Empire (, ; also known as the First Toungoo Dynasty, the Second Burmese Empire or simply the Toungoo Empire) was the dominant power in mainland Southeast Asia in the second half of the 16th century. At its peak, Toungoo ""exercised suzerainty from Manipur to the Cambodian marches and from"
"Empire, an empire of much different politics and scope, which in turn became the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867. The Roman Empire, perennially reborn, also lived on as the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) - temporarily splitting into the Latin Empire, the Empire of Nicaea and the Empire of Trebizond before its remaining territory and centre became part of the Ottoman Empire. A similarly persistent concept of empire saw the Mongol Empire become the Khanate of the Golden Horde, the Yuan Empire of China, and the Ilkhanate before resurrection as the Timurid Empire and as the Mughal Empire. After 1945 the"
"Carl Dahlman and Jean-Eric Aubert of the World Bank argue, based on Angus Maddison's data, that China was the world's largest and most advanced economy for the most of the past two millennia and among the wealthiest and most advanced economies until the 18th century. Sinologist Joseph Needham has claimed that China's GDP per capita exceeded Europe by a substantial margin from the 5th century BC onwards, but economic historian Angus Maddison believes that did not happen until the fall of the Roman Empire. During the Song dynasty (960–1279), the country experienced a revolution in agriculture, water transport, finance, urbanization,"