• mtchristo@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      Brazil was also independent after Portuguese royalty moved in and declared it a kingdom. It’s still considered colony.