> Chairs were known in ancient Egypt, the fork in Byzantium. Neither is a colonial power by any reasonable definition. Egypt extended as far south as modern Su

> Chairs were known in ancient Egypt, the fork in Byzantium. Neither is a colonial power by any reasonable definition. Egypt extended as far south as modern Sudan at various times. They ruled over people of different cultures and languages for hundreds of years. During the New Kingdom period Egypt extended as far north as modern Syria. The Byzantine Empire did in fact contain many nations, which were not in any sense equal. The Greek speaking Roman Christians ruled over Dacians, Illyrians, Isaurians, Cappadocians, other Anatolians. If having an empire doesn’t make you a colonist what does?