colonialism

domination, control, and exploitation of a territory and its people by a foreign power often accompanied by the settlement of other peoples and crimes against humanity
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colonialism

Summary

colonialism is a social formation[1]. colonialism draws 1,843 Wikipedia views per month (social_formation category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • colonialism's image is recorded as World 1898 empires colonies territory.png[3].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Colonialism in 1945 updated legend.png[4].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as World 1914 empires colonies territory.PNG[5].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Colonization 1945.png[6].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Colonial empires in 1800.svg[7].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as British Empire 1921.png[8].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Spanish Empire Anachronous 0.PNG[9].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as World 1936 empires colonies territory.png[10].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as RomanEmpire 117.svg[11].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Belgian colonial empire.svg[12].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Colonization of the Americas 1750.PNG[13].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Colonial Africa 1914 map.png[14].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as The Russian Empire-en.svg[15].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as DutchEmpire.png[16].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Italian empire 1914.png[17].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Colonisation pt 1945.png[18].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Spanish Empire-World Map.png[19].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Map of the German Empire - 1914.PNG[20].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Descolonizacion d'Africa (1945-1991).png[21].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Spanish Empire-Americas.png[22].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as Scramble-for-Africa-1880-1913.png[23].
  • colonialism's image is recorded as 131Etendue de l'Empire Français.png[24].
  • colonialism's instance of is recorded as social formation[25].
  • colonialism's GND ID is recorded as 4073624-6[26].
  • colonialism's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 155447891[27].

Why It Matters

colonialism draws 1,843 Wikipedia views per month (social_formation category, ranking #2 of 7).[2] colonialism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] colonialism is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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