colonization
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Although raised-field agriculture eventually ended -- likely because of population decline and social upheaval after European colonization -- this does not diminish the effectiveness of these systems.
From Science Daily
But as Atlantic colonization expanded, England—like Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and France—gradually became more involved in the slave trade.
He tweaked the algorithm honed over decades to favor fanboy cranks who promoted his cars, space colonization dreams and white supremacist fantasies.
From Salon
Some on the island argue that because of the legacy of colonization, any vote on Guam’s status should be limited to CHamoru residents—though federal courts struck down a previous effort that restricted voting.
This Winthropism, for the next two centuries, would be used as justification for “Western conquest of Native Americans, enslavement of Africans, and colonization of everyone else.”
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