North America, 1843.
Conquest (by -8000) is taking and keeping land by military means. Conquest goes back to at least -8000, when the walls of Jericho were first built. The English word comes from the last conquerors of England: the Norman French.
Walls of Jericho.
The conquered: The four main ways to deal with the conquered:
- Taxation: Leave them pretty much alone so long as they pay tribute or taxes or give over enough land. Examples: Persian Empire, Norman French.
- Assimilation: privilege or force one’s culture (language, religion, etc) on them. This is in addition to taxation. Examples: the Arab Empire privileged its culture, while the French and ISIS forced theirs, as did Anglo Americans in the late stages of their conquest.
- Deportation: kick them out. Examples: Babylonian Captivity of the Jews, Cherokee Trail of Tears.
- Annihilation: wipe them out – aka genocide. This is above…
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