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Designates the extension of political and economic control over an area by a foreign occupying State that usually has organizational and military superiority.
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colonial occupation
colonisation
Related terms
colonial conquest
colonial territories
imperialism
trading companies
Subject category
20.03 COLONIAL PERIOD
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