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Yes the island thing was a big part of it

Antigine - I think its more complicated than it being an island A book I have sums up the developments that have led to the modern world, where it can be argued that Britain's role played more that its share, and in many cases it was unquestionably the leader. These developments include 1)...

Good summary Maciamo. An interesting fact about the colonisation of India. There was only about 1000 brits administrating the whole sub continent, with off course some solders. They obviously worked smart with locals to get away with this, barring the occasional incident of brutality.

Sad but probably true when it comes to mass production. But they do build some great elite cars - for example the Aston Martin. I'm not a F1 follower, but I think a lot of the top racing teams are based in the UK - so they do have some talent Yes the Brits have lost there way somewhat when...

Are you for real. I'll leave someone else to defend the americans and our friends in Aisa, surely you don't believe that statement about the British. So all the multiple inventions that allowed the Agricultural and Industrial revolutions to happen were copied. So the fact the British have by far...

Agreed in the sence that the Britsh have never tried to compete on this front, at the end of the 19th century I think even the Swiss had a bigger army. Off course they had a Navy bigger than the rest of the world combined. Also the populations of France and Gemany have been significantly higher...

Looking at the original list by country, the list for Britian looks really small. I've read a couple of books recently and was absolutely amazed at what was invented / discovered there. I would suggest that as Britian is the country most responsible for the modern world we live in , the list...

______________©o______©o______________________________________________________ France may have had a claim to these territories, but they were hardly settled in the same way that the Eastern seaboard states were. Also the French needed the money , and if they hadn't sold it the Americans or...

The Brits have done many good and not so good things, my theory is that when you are a powerful nation that whatever you do good or bad it is magnified, look at the USA today. In my small country good and bad things have happened, but it really only impacts on the people here

I would say one of the great things about the English language is that it has assimilated many other words from other languages. What does this say about the culture, maybe that it is confident and adaptive, and that is maybe why it has done so well in many areas

I'm not sure if Napoleon was actually so generous in selling Louisiana, it was a pragmatic solution. Much of the territory was secured from Spain 2-3 years earlier in a treaty, and I don't think the French government had much of a presence in the territory. An extract from one website "The...

Another contribution could be the The Royal Society - Bill Bryson has just written a book on it "Seeing Further". Started in 1660, Bryson considers that it was fundamental to the creation of modern science. "The Royal Society continues to do today what it set out to do all those years ago. Its...

I'm surprised you don't have sports listed, I read a book (Tim Harris Sport Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know) on the history of sport listed numerous sports where the modern form of them were either invented, developed, or organised by the British. From memory these included Football /...