Aussiemandeus @lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoMap of the world showing parts colonised from Africalemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down112
arrow-up1116arrow-down1imageMap of the world showing parts colonised from Africalemmy.worldAussiemandeus @lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareDiabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoWell actually, north African did control Spain for about 700 years.
minus-squareOwl@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThe joke is that we all come from Africa so they colonized the whole Earth, no ?
minus-squareDiabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWell , my country was colonized and that word have a very strict definition in my mind.
minus-squaremtchristo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoNot really despite having been invaded from north africa the spanish caliphate gained its independence after the fall of the Oumayads . then divided into smaller independent Emirates until the Spanish conquest.
minus-squarePhrodo_00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBrazil was also independent after Portuguese royalty moved in and declared it a kingdom. It’s still considered colony.
Well actually, north African did control Spain for about 700 years.
The joke is that we all come from Africa so they colonized the whole Earth, no ?
I do believe that’s the context, yes.
Well , my country was colonized and that word have a very strict definition in my mind.
Not really despite having been invaded from north africa the spanish caliphate gained its independence after the fall of the Oumayads . then divided into smaller independent Emirates until the Spanish conquest.
Brazil was also independent after Portuguese royalty moved in and declared it a kingdom. It’s still considered colony.