Plural of colonization; multiple instances or processes of establishing colonies or taking control of territories.
Plural form of 'colonization' (American spelling). From Latin 'colonia' via French and English. The plural form emphasises multiple colonial projects across history.
When historians talk about 'colonizations' (plural), they're acknowledging that it wasn't one global project but hundreds of different imperial adventures with different timelines, motivations, and impacts—though they often shared similar patterns of violence and displacement.
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