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The policy of one country's political, economic, or cultural domination over other lands and territories

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The policy of one country's political, economic, or cultural domination over other lands and territories

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local rulers were left in place but expected to follow the advice of European advisers on issues such as trade or missionary activity

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local rulers were left in place but expected to follow the advice of European advisers on issues such as trade or missionary activity

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What is PROTECTORATE? What does PROTECTORATE mean? PROTECTORATE meaning, definition & explanation

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What is PROTECTORATE? What does PROTECTORATE mean? PROTECTORATE meaning - PROTECTORATE pronunciation - PROTECTORATE definition & explanation - How to pronounce PROTECTORATE? Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license. A protectorate, in its inception adopted by modern international law, is a dependent territory that has been granted local autonomy and some independence while still retaining the suzerainty of a greater sovereign state.

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an area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges 

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an area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges 

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view of Africans from Westerners, they saw them as children in need of guidance.

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view of Africans from Westerners, they saw them as children in need of guidance.

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Westerners thought African cultures and religions were "degrading"  and urged Africans to reject their own traditions in favor of Western civilization. 

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Westerners thought African cultures and religions were "degrading"  and urged Africans to reject their own traditions in favor of Western civilization. 

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Elite definition, the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons. See more.

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noun1.the sovereign of a Muslim country, esp of the former Ottoman Empire2.an arbitrary ruler; despot

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noun1.the sovereign of a Muslim country, esp of the former Ottoman Empire2.an arbitrary ruler; despot

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Deliberate and systematic killing of people who belong to a particular racial, ethnic, or cultural group 

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Deliberate and systematic killing of people who belong to a particular racial, ethnic, or cultural group 

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special rights given to foreign companies or individuals

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special rights given to foreign companies or individuals

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a custom practiced mainly by the upper classes in India . It called for a widow to join her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral pyre. A pile for  burning a body.  

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a custom practiced mainly by the upper classes in India . It called for a widow to join her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral pyre. A pile for  burning a body.  

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: the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign

: a showy North American nymphalid butterfly ( Limenitis archippus) closely mimicking the monarch in coloration but smaller

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Word History

Middle French vice-roi, from vice- + roi king, from Old French rei, roi, from Latin reg-, rex

1524, in the meaning defined at sense 1

The first known use of viceroy was in 1524

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the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign; a showy North American nymphalid butterfly (Limenitis archippus) closely mimicking the monarch in coloration but smaller... See the full definition

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clearing new farmlands, cutting of trees and other environmental destruction

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clearing new farmlands, cutting of trees and other environmental destruction

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refers to the difference in value between how much a country imports and how much it exports  

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refers to the difference in value between how much a country imports and how much it exports  

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In this case indemnity refers to the British and how they received a huge payment for the losses in war with China to force "western ways"

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In this case indemnity refers to the British and how they received a huge payment for the losses in war with China to force "western ways"

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Define indemnity: security against hurt, loss, or damage; exemption from incurred penalties or liabilities; indemnification - indemnity in a sentence

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The right to live under their own lands and be tried in their own courts. 

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The right to live under their own lands and be tried in their own courts. 

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indigenous applies to that which is not only native but which, as far as can be determined, has never been introduced or brought from elsewhere.

endemic implies being peculiar to a region.

aboriginal implies having no known others preceding in occupancy of a particular region.

the aboriginal peoples of Australia

Example Sentences

Viking invaders quickly subdued the indigenous population, known as the Picts. - Unlike France, Italy relies on dozens of indigenous regional grape varieties for its prodigious range of wines. - Though Gilded Age architecture was not indigenous to America, at least it was borrowed from belle epoque Europe, from which much of America's late-nineteenth-century culture evolved. - There are several the culture of the Jared M. Diamond, Gerald Asher, Robert D. Kaplan, indigenous groups that still live in the area. indigenous people of that country An Empire Wilderness, Gourmet, Collapse,

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Word History

Late Latin indigenus, from Latin indigena, noun, native, from Old Latin indu, endo in, within + Latin gignere to beget - more at end-, kin

1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

The first known use of indigenous was in 1632

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produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment; of or relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place and especially of a place that was colonized by a now-dominant group; innate, inborn... See the full definition

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a man in high rank (in turkey or south Africa )

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"So you mean to tell me you elites want me to abandon my culture and start learning french?"