1. 681- creation of first Bulgarian state by Haan Asparukh 2. King Boris accepted Christianity (King Boris 852-889) 3. 864 Introduction of Cyrillic alphabet 4. 893-927 Rule of Simeon the great. Golden era of Bulgarian History: largest territorial expansion of Bulgaria in its history, along with a golden age of Bulgarian culture and a military supremacy over the Byzantine Empire, demonstrated in the Battel of Acheleous in 917 5. 1014- Basil- the killer of Bulgarians of Byzantine empire defeated and crushed Bulgaria 1185 King Assen I re-established Bulgarian kingdom (start of 2nd Bulgarian state) 6. 1393 start of invasion by the Otomans and for next five centuries Bulgaria was under colonial ego by the Otoman Turks. 7. 1877-88 Russo-Turkish was and Bulgarian Internal Uprising against ruling Turks- freed the Bulgarians and that was the era of the #rd Bulgarian State 8. 1944 Communist dominated fatherland front took the power on 09.09.1944. and started one party socialist rule. 9. After the fall of Berlin wall in 1989 Bulgarian communist party gave up its monopoly and that was the end of 50 years of Communist rule 10. 2004 Bulgaria joined NATO and in 2007 joined EU
It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states(countries), nine territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition.
The benefits of the British Empire is that we can trade goods to other countries, we can travel to different country's, the industry in the British Empire brought science and technology to different parts of the world and lots of English was taught and spoken in the British Empire.