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Anon84
124 days ago
Technically, also the last global empire. Macau wasn't returned to China until 1999.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Macau
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markdown
124 days ago
France and USA still have colonies around the world. So no, not the last.
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hugodan
123 days ago
Also Netherlands, also France, also Denmark, also Spain (melila and ceuta)... actually Portugal kinda is still the first global empire that managed to shift away from it
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Anon84
124 days ago
Are those considered colonies or territories?
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markdown
122 days ago
In the context of this discussion there really isn't a difference.
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Pay08
124 days ago
So does the UK.
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