Is Denmark the oldest remaining colonial power?

>>381822

No

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories

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>>381822
Greece and Lebanon

>>381829
Surely Denmarks colonies are far older than the English ones?

>>381833
Neither of those still have colonies, do they?

>>381829
Portugal still has the Azores, so that might count too

>>381848
>some tenuous Viking connection
>older colonies
yeah nah

>>381856
Those territories have been Danish since at least the Kalmar Union.

>>381848
>Surely Denmarks colonies are far older than the English ones?

That's a relativistic question that is entirely seperate to absolute question of whether Denmark is the only existing colonial power

>>381869
>Is Denmark the oldest remaining colonial power?
>oldest
No one's implying it's the only one.

>>381822
>>381848
>Neither of those still have colonies, do they?

How do you define colony? How does Greenland still qualify as a colony?

>>381876

I see. I misread OP / your post and made myself look like a retard.

>>381848
>Neither of those still have colonies, do they?

Greenland isn't a colony anymore either. It was upgraded to a county of Denmark in 1953, and became its own autonomous state under Denmark in 2009.

>>381919
haha look a retard!

>>381848
There are actually Greek communities in places like Alexandria, Italy, Crimea and Pontus (or at least until very recently) that are mostly of post-Alexandrian nature (i.e. Koine/Byzantine), but it's still assumed that there was a continuous connection since antiquity.

No.

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>>381940

Goddamnit!

>>381931
Upgrading it to a county is pretty much just modernizing the language. I'm however quite surprised that Greenland gained autonomy this recently.

>>381946
This is really cool and interesting. Do you have any recommended literature on the subject?

Also, I know the subject is a bit fuzzy because what can be counted as a colony isn't always that clear.

What is french Guyana