They were all part of the British Empire
All non British, countries, colonies, territories or protectorates were not part of the British Empire.
There are many Asian countries which were in the British Empire, and Hong Kong was in the British Commonwealth until 1998. Countries in the Empire included India, Pakistan, Tibet (now part of China), Burma (now Myanmar), and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
The countries were never owned by England. They were part of the British empire. The Commonwealth only has countries in it that were part of the British empirel It is only the countries that are involved in the Commonwealth that can participate in the games. Some countries that were part of the British empire have chosen not to be part of the Commonwealth, so there are some countries that were in the British Empire but are not part of the Commonwealth and so they do not participate in the games.
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The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and part of Italy wereall part of the French Empire
At one time some of the countries in Africa were part of the British empire. Now they are independent, but some are members of the Commonwealth of Nations, an organisation that has some of the old British empire countries as members.
The British Empire no longer exists. However, there are around 50 countries who used to be part of the British Empire but are now independent and choose to remain part of the Commonwealth of Nations. Those countries include Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and many Caribbean countries.
About 50 countries were part of the British Empire. The rest of today's modern countries either didn't exist at the time or were in a different Empire. Some were even independent.
The countries absorbed by Persia included Media, the Babylonian Empire, the remnant of the Assyrian Empire, the Lydian Empire and other peoples in Asia Minor, Thrace, Syria, Parthia, the peoples of Central Asia, Egypt, Libya.
They have to be part of the Commonwealth of Nations, a community based on the former British Empire.
The Empire stretched form today's countries Libya, through Egypt, those in the Middle East and Central Asia, and Pakistan.