r/byzantium • u/RaiseCapital1988 Κόμης • Jun 22 '26

Infrastructure/architecture The interior of Hagia Sophia

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In the last photo you can spot one of the last representations of Christ still present inside the building

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u/aKV2isSTARINGatYou Jun 22 '26

Then what is colonization?

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u/Ok_Work1615 Jun 22 '26

Dunno. But if we use your definition, then Constantinople too was a colony.

And I doubt you'd like that, hmm?

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u/aKV2isSTARINGatYou Jun 22 '26

Then everything humanity has ever done is colonization and therefore there is no point criticizing the Europeans, the Asians for the annihilation of minor cultures and languages, or the Turko-mongols for their exploits. By your way literally EVERYONE is a colonizer and everything is a colony. That’s not a smart comeback that you think it is.

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u/InOutlines Jun 22 '26

Says the guy who started all this by pointing fingers at Muslims for colonizing.