Editing Colonialism

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'''Colonialism''' is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonization, colonizers may impose their religion, language, economics, and other cultural practices. The foreign administrators rule the territory in pursuit of their interests, seeking to benefit from the colonized region's people and resources. It is associated with but distinct from imperialism. In the modern era, colonialism was predominantly practiced by western empires as well as [[Imperial Japan]].

== Events ==

* ''[[Generalplan Ost]]''
* [[Amerindian Genocide]]
* [[Scramble for Africa]]
* [[Indigenous Australian Genocide]]
* [[New Zealand Wars]]
* [[Armenian Genocide]]
* [[Greek Genocide]]
* ''[[Sayfo]]''
* [[Russian Conquest of Siberia]]
* [[Ainu Wars]]
* [[Rape of Nanking]]
* [[Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland]]
* [[Annexation of Hawaii]]
* [[Conquest of the Canary Islands]]
* [[Annexation of Tibet]]
* [[Nakba]]
* [[Colonization of the Pacific Islands]]
* [[Philippine-American War]]

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