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one group moves in, redraws the map, and calls it discovery.
means the practice of one power settling in and taking control of another people's land, resources, and governance.
from from latin colonia, meaning farm or settlement, rooted in colere, to cultivate — the same word gave us farming, and empire dressed it up as civilizing.
peak reachby 1914 europe controlled 84% of the globe
borders drawn blindmany african borders ignored ethnic lines entirely
still ongoinga dozen-plus territories remain formally colonized today