Some Kurdish and Shia groups have denounced the office as military colonisation.
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Both are remnants of the ancient and Byzantine Greek colonisation of the region.
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He had, at an early date, taken a warm interest in the colonisation of America.
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Iron Age colonisation by the Phoenicians gave rise to early Mediterranean cities.
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In each case, evidence suggests that human colonisation pre-dated the die-offs.
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The French steadily made gains and completed the colonisation of Vietnam in 1883.
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Remember it is the only example of colonisation by invitation versus conquest.
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Other research themes include Greek colonisation and teaching in Higher Education.
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The expedition can be seen as part of the Danish colonisation of the Americas.
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Colonization: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"
(colonise) colonize: settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
Colonization, (or Colonisation in British English), occurs whenever any one or more species populate an area. The term, which is derived from the Latin colere, "to inhabit, cultivate, frequent, practice, tend, guard, respect," originally related to humans. ...
Colonisation is the process in biology by which a species spreads into new areas, regions, and continents.
(Colonising) In politics and history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies. ...
(Colonised) Bacteria which exist in an area (wound) in sufficient number to cause local or systemic signs and symptoms; not an infection.
The process in which microorganisms live and reproduce in or on either the human body without causing disease, or an inanimate object such as a disinfection machine.
The process by which a species enters a new area. Some species are good colonizers because they disperse easily and reproduce quickly. Other species are poor colonisers because they only disperse and reproduce very slowly.
Colonisation is the process of settlement in a new country and the formation of a new community which is either fully or partly subject to the state from which the settlers emigrated. ...