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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-04 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-04.
Colonization is a process of establishing control over areas or peoples for foreign people to advance their trade, cultivation, exploitation and settlement. Colonization functions through establishing a differentiation between the area and people of the colonized and colonizers, establishing metropoles, coloniality and possibly outright colonies. Colonization is commonly pursued and maintained by imperialism, mercantilism, or colonialism. Conquest can take place without colonization, but a conquering process may often result in or from migration and colonizing. The term "colonization" is sometimes used synonymously with the word "settling", as with colonization in biology.
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