Questions tagged [colonization]
The process of a country relocating some of its citizens to a territory under their purvey and asserting political, military and/or economic control over any native inhabitants who may already occupy said territory.
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Which European country first introduced wristwatches to China and why is it called 手表?
As a native French speaker studying Mandarin Chinese, I couldn't help but notice that the Chinese term for wristwatch, 手表 (hand-show), is quite similar to the French term "une montre" (a &...
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Is there a Russian Black Legend? (a dispute about the morality of Russia's colonial expansion)
In the early modern era several European nations dramatically expanded their territory through conquest. All of them used violence and coercion to push their frontiers forward.
The notion that Spain'...
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(Why) didn't the "fountain of justice" flow through Governors-General?
Nowadays both the Australian and Canadian governments agree that their (respective) Governor-General (henceforth GG) belongs to two branches of government: both executive and legislative.
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Why were Morocco and Tunisia made a French protectorate, but Algeria annexed as part of France?
This question is somewhat related to this one.
The three maghreban countries of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are almost like three sisters and share everything in common culturally and historically. ...
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18th-century understanding of the word "colony?"
In 1750 there were thirteen British "colonies" on the east coast of North America. If I'm not mistaken, the words "colony" and "province" were both used at the time to refer to any of those.
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What is a mezrag-holder?
I stumbled upon this word in one of my anthropology readings. Here's the excerpt.
The robbers were from a tribe which had not yet submitted to French authority and were in open rebellion against it,...
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Why didn't Russia colonize in the scramble for Africa?
Russia was a European empire (one of the biggest) when the scramble for Africa happened and they had enough resources to get a ton of Africa, so why didn't they colonize in Africa? It could have been ...
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How have European countries affected the caste system in India?
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste. It has its origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern ...
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Can you recommend any good researches on the period of Japanese colonization of Taiwan? [closed]
Just as the title says, I'm currently looking forward towards learning more about the topic. If you know any works that you find fundamental in a way on this topic, I'll gladly accept any suggestions!
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How much wealth did the US "earn" from Philippines during its occupation as a colony?
I recently came across this article - ‘There’s No Other Job’: The Colonial Roots of Philippine Poverty which highlights that:
Decades after independence, the Philippines lacks the kind of factory ...
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Why did epidemic disease spread only from Europe to America and not both ways in the Columbian Exchange? [duplicate]
In learning about the history of the Americas you often hear about how pre-columbian civilizations operating at a highly advanced level were devastated by epidemic diseases like smallpox, to the point ...
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Did Africans defeat Europeans in battle between 1850 and 1950?
The battle of Adwa was fought between Italians and Ethiopians in northern Ethiopia in 1896. The Italians were defeated and it was the greatest victory for Africans. Were there any other battles where ...
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Why wasn’t Japan colonized by the European empires?
Why wasn’t Japan colonized by the European empires?
That is a question that I have some doubts, European countries like Portugal had already been there, but they never colonized that land.
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Did China colonize any countries? [closed]
A lot of Asian countries used to use the Chinese alphabet to write such as Japan or Vietnam, were there any countries actually colonized by China that is not apart of modern day China?
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What caused the shift from annexation of territory, to colonization of territory?
What caused the shift from annexation of territory, to colonization of territory?
I've been thinking about this for some time, but can't come to any definite conclusions as my knowledge in history ...
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Journeys from Gujarat in India to Dare es Salaam in what was then, Tanganyika in 1925 and 1948
I am researching a journey for a novel where my character travels from Gujarat in India to Dare es Salaam in what was then, Tanganyika. The journey happens in 1925 and then again in 1948. Does anyone ...
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What were the main causes of successful take over of India by Britain?
The East India Company ruled an entire country of huge size for 101 years (1757–1858). During this time they did almost everything they wanted to do and won almost every battle in India.
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Why was Africa colonized last of the continents in the Age of Discovery?
One thing that I always wondered is during the time where European powers were dividing up the world amongst themselves (1500-1900 roughly), why was it that Africa seemed to lag behind in colonization,...
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Why did it take over 100 years for Britain to begin seriously colonising America?
After the New World was discovered, it didn't take long for Spain, and relatively soon after, Portugal, to begin permanent colonisation there. It took over 100 years after the New World's discovery ...
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What were the requirements for Ancient Greek colonist groups?
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Given that the colonies were not created in empty space, it may not have been necessary to equip each and every group of colonists with the skills needed to be self sufficient.
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How did the elite maintain the status quo throughout the British Colonies of North America?
Though Nathaniel Bacon himself may not have been poor, the rebellion he became a leader of in 1676 eventually proved to be evidence of the class envy that existed in the British colonies of North ...
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What was the impetus for some African nations to participate in the slave trade?
I know that some African nations participated in the slave trade by providing captured enemies as slaves to Europeans, but what are some of the reasons they did? Was it simply a new economic ...
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Did the Europeans benefit economically from the scramble for Africa?
In the following video Rudyard Lynch, owner of the youtube channel "whatifalthist" claims that
Nearly every African colony cost the Europeans far more than they got out of it – the ...
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Did European elites train natives from colonial lands to help spread western values?
In 1961 Frantz Fanon wrote a book called "The Wretched of the Earth". In the preface of the book Jean-Paul Sartre wrote the following:
The European elite decided to fabricate a native elite;...
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How many Dutch lived in Indonesia during the colonial era vs native population?
In Indonesian education, it is often emphasized that the Dutch took advantage of "divide and conquer" tactics (and superior technology) to keep ruling Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies) despite ...
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Which people resisted Russian expansion most fiercely?
The Russian Empire's expansion towards the east and south meant conquering lots of local tribes along the way (Buryats, Yakuts, etc.). These peoples unwillingly became ethnic minorities in Russia. ...
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What was the state of the Congo in 1959?
I'm reading the Poisonwood Bible. It is about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo.
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Why is the Ping Yuen river in Hong Kong called River Ganges?
Why is the Ping Yuen river in Hong Kong called River Ganges?
From the wikipedia:
Ping Yuen River (also known as River Ganges) (平原河) is a river in
northern New Territories, Hong Kong. Its source ...
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Was the fall of the Inca Empire inevitable? [closed]
Some time ago I watched a documentary on Inca Empire, since its creation to the death of Túpac Amaru. Although it wasn't stated explicitly, I came out of it with an impression that after Manco Inca ...
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Question about pilgrims [closed]
I wanted to ask a pretty silly question about the English colonization of America. This book that I read said that the puritans were immigrating away from England to America for religious reasons, ...
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Where does this quote come from?
Emperor Menelik II's wikipedia page quotes him as saying "There was never a time when united that the Ethiopians lost to an enemy in history".
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What is a term for cultural and social influences left by colonial power that has a long-lasting, negative influence? [closed]
I'm currently doing research on colonial effects on North African countries, and one aspect I want to comment on are both the positive and negative effects of the previous colonial power. Some of ...
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Who owned Franz Josef islands between 1918-1926?
Franz Josef land was discovered and claimed by Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1873. Previously Norway discovered it, but they never reported the discovery.
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Where can I find historical taxation/revenue datasets for imperial countries in the early 20th century?
I'm a grad student trying to conduct research, and my project depends on finding a dataset which enumerates taxation and revenue by colonial-era and post-colonial governments within the early 20th ...
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Does the idea of white Europeans being the "true Aryans" come from the British India? [closed]
I have recently had a conversation with a man from India over the Internet and he told me this interesting claim.
He said that "Aryan" meant "noble" in Sanskrit, and the British, ...
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Why didn't colonial empires exchange their colonies with others empire to make their territories whole?
The colonial age created some weird territories that separated one country’s territory into terrible shapes, such as Senegal (colonized by France) and Gambia (colonized by Britain). Why didn't France ...
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Were there any major battles between Australian Aborigines and English Colonists? [closed]
The English were hostile to most of the natives near their colonies. However, I can't seem to find any evidence as to whether or not the Aborigines partook in any battle against British colonists in ...
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Why is Germany's history of colonialism and imperialism less prominent compared to other European nations? [closed]
Spaniards and Portuguese in South America, etc
UK in India, Pakistan, etc
Dutch in SEA: Indonesia, etc
French in Africa
Belgians in Congo
Why was Germany not as involved as these nations?
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Are there historical instances of settlers who were largely uncontacted and undisturbed after settling?
I am looking for historical instances of a rather specific and strange scenario:
Settlers who settled a wild/unclaimed territory (ideally 100-300 in number) who after settling in the new place, were ...
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Why did Austronesian/Polynesian people not colonize Australia?
Australia hosted aboriginal populations since prehistory. However technologically advanced civilizations (in comparison) lived nearby, in Indonesia, Polynesia and New Guinea.
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How did the Belgians issue ID cards with ethnicity to women in Ruanda-Urundi?
I've read about how the Belgians issued ID cards to the inhabitants of their colony Ruanda-Urundi (later independent under the names of Rwanda and Burundi):
Indeed, the Belgian colonists classified a ...
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Why were the Scandinavians not as expansive as other Europeans in global colonization?
By expansive, I mean in terms of land area.
On the Wikipedia pages of Norway's, Sweden's, and Denmark's colonies, it shows they had very few parcels of land around the globe, compared to the colonies ...
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What was the role of Indian princes and aristocratic landowners under British colonial rule?
I am currently reading Ludwig von Mises' Human Action and find it rewarding in various ways. For instance, von Mises points out the following about volunteers' roles even around autocratic rulers:
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Why did no one take Siberia over before the Russians, and how did they do it?
I realize that Russia had ambitions in the east and they took over Siberia. However Siberia was just north of the Mongols really and its islands were easily accessible to Japan in history. They even ...
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Why was the area now known as Liberia chosen as the location for repatriation of African slaves in the US?
The American Colonization Society thought that colonizing Africa for the purpose of returning US slaves to Africa was the solution to slavery problems. Why, and how, did they come to decide that the ...
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Did Japanese modernisation have an effect on Ethiopia?
On his wikipedia page, Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam, "the primary author of Ethiopia's July 1931 constitution" the article calls him a
politician and intellectual of the Japanizer school
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What degree of relations did the different Hawaiian islands have between themselves before Kamehameha's unification?
I am trying to figure out if there were actual cultural, commercial and political links among the islands, and especially if there was an actual Hawaiian unified identity or this is constructed after ...
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Has there ever been a situation where the "motherland" treated its colonies well anywhere in the world?
Has there ever been a situation where the "motherland" treated its colonies well anywhere in the world?
So being born in a former French protectorate, I've been taught about the horrendous treatment ...
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Where can I obtain the full "British Statistical Blue Books" of British colonies in Africa?
I'm a poli sci grad student looking to access the full British statistical blue books which catalog statistics for British colonies. Does anyone know where I can obtain access to them, preferably free ...
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Were the Islamic Caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid) and the Mongol Empires truly as benevolent as they are portrayed?
My history textbooks insist on the same idea: these empires were religiously tolerant, allowed trade to flourish, and improved the quality of life for the subjects.
On the other hand, all the ...
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