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I'm not sure capturing and holding an island would constitute an empire.
by tarentel 4y ago
I'm not sure capturing and holding an island would constitute an empire.
- beebmam 4y agoJust want to be clear here: Are you claiming that Portugal and the Netherlands were not empires during those time periods? Here's the definition of empire used by Wikipedia: 'An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries'
- dalbasal 4y agowhat does and how do you measure its size, in a sense pertinent to this thread?
- TheRealPomax 4y agoHistory is though. That's empire. But hey, France took a whole bunch of islands that to this day still speak french and are literally "more France, outside of Europe", not "colonies".
- alephnerd 4y agoJava is a pretty big island just saying.
- hammock 4y agoBritain? Sardinia? Java is the world's most populous island, by the way, and was roughly as populated as England in the 1600's
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoFine. How about New Spain? And the Philippines?