"Colonization, or colonisation refers to large-scale population movements where the migrants maintain strong links with their—or their ancestors´—former country, gaining significant privileges over other inhabitants of ...
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the territory by such links. When colonization takes place under the protection of colonial structures, it may be termed settler colonialism. This often involves the settlers dispossessing indigenous inhabitants, or instituting legal and other structures which systematically disadvantage them.
In its basic sense, colonization can be defined as the process of establishing foreign control over target territories or people for the purpose of cultivation, often through establishing colonies and possibly by settling them." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.02.2022)