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.
I meant it was still considered a colony at the time, when it had non-brazilian rulers but was practically independent from Portugal. I hope you know Brazil hasn’t been a colony for around 200 years.
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.
By your logic even the USA is still a british colony.
I meant it was still considered a colony at the time, when it had non-brazilian rulers but was practically independent from Portugal. I hope you know Brazil hasn’t been a colony for around 200 years.
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You’re probably right.