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BBC History Magazine is a British publication devoted to history articles on both British and world history and are aimed at all levels of knowledge and interest.

The publication releases thirteen editions a year, one per month and a Christmas special edition, and is owned by BBC Worldwide but is published under license by the Immediate Media Company.

BBC History is the biggest selling history magazine in the UK and is growing in circulation by nearly 7% every year.

History (from Greek, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.

Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory.

It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events.

Scholars who write about history are called historians.

World history, global history or transnational history (not to be confused with diplomatic or international history) is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s.

It examines history from a global perspective.

It is not to be confused with comparative history, which, like world history, deals with the history of multiple cultures and nations, but does not do so on a global scale.

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries.

At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power.

By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, % of the world population at the time, and by 1920, it covered, % of the Earth's total land area.

As a result, its political, legal, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread.

At the peak of its power, the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was often used to describe the British Empire, because its expanse around the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories.

BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel.

It has the largest audience of any BBC channel, with an estimated 76 million viewers weekly in 2014, part of the estimated 265 million users of the BBC's four main international news services.

Launched on 11 March 1991 as BBC World Service Television outside Europe, its name was changed to BBC World on 16 January 1995 and to BBC World News on 21 April 2008.

It broadcasts television programming including BBC News bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews.

It employs more correspondents and reporters and has more international bureaux than any other news channel.

Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, BBC World News is owned and operated by BBC Global News Ltd., part of the BBC's commercial group of companies, and is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the United Kingdom television licence.

It is not owned by BBC Worldwide.