It started ti spread in the 17th century, when Englishmen sailed to faraway lands. It has become a world language thanks to its establishment as a mother tounge outside England, in all the continents of the world. Above all, it is the great growth of population in the USA taht has given the English language its present standing in the world. English can be compared with Latin oh the acient times. It dominates the planet as the medium of exhange in science, technology, commerce, tourism, diplomacy and pop culture. The speakers of English fall into one of the three groups: those who have it as their native language; those who use it in their surrounding bilingual society; and those who need it for practical purposes-administrative, professional or educational. 345 million people use English as their first language and an additional 400 million as their second.
He is remembered for his campaigns in China and northern Africa. The khedive asked for Gordon to succeed Baker as governor of the region. After a short stay in Cairo, Gordon proceeded to Khartoum. He ignored the orders to evaquate the area as soon as possible and he found himself surrounded in Khartoum in 1885. He was killed fighting the warriors of the Mahdi and died a martyr's death. *The British expansion in East Africa The Sultan of Zanzibar received, in exhange of some of his terriories in the north, a land along the coast which the british East Africa Company leased. Zanzibar was annexed and recognized as a British protectorate. A protectorate was also established over the Republic of Uganda. A year later British East Africa became a protectorate. *The British expansion in West Africa The unprofitable coastal stations in Sierra Leone had provided useful bases for the campaign against the slave trade. When the Dutch
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