There
are many reasons for occupying others territory but one of the main reason
of Occupying is the greed for the power. I am just
describing the different ways of occupying places happened in the history and
new ways of occupying. These occupying methods are inter related in many cases
but i am distinguishing based on major reason for occupation during that period
of time.
- Food,
Better life.
In
olden days of human civilization, people from one tribe used to occupy other in
the hunt for food or better living conditions.
Example:
"The recent archaeological campaign (regional site
survey and excavations at the mound complex of Akumbu) has demonstrated that the Méma, a dry Sahelian
region with a scattered population, was intensively occupied during the Iron
Age."1
Pros
& Cons
1- The
African Archaeological Review > Vol. 13, No. 2, Jun., 1996
> Iron Age Occupation
- Military occupation
Military
occupation is there all the time. Reasons behind occupation might be a bit
different.
Starting with
Alexander, Ashok, Gengis khan to Hitler wants to expand the territory. All the leaders
want to become famous by having biggest territory and greed for power.
Example:
Mauyra
Dynasty
Chanda
Ashok greedy leader later become legend and peaceful person. Ashoka the
Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya
Dynasty. In order to gain power he killed his brother's cousins.
After he becomes emperor he want to expand his kingdom. During that period he
decided to occupy Kalinga kingdom, during the war more than
100,000 soldiers were killed and many more were migrated.
This war changed
Ashok, brutality of the conquest led him to
adopt Buddhism, and he used his position to propagate the relatively new
religion to new heights, as far as ancient Rome and Egypt
Pros & Cons:
Ashoka attempted to raise the
professional ambition of the common man by building universities for study, and
water transit and irrigation systems for trade and agriculture. He treated his
subjects as equals regardless of their religion, politics and caste. He is
acclaimed for constructing hospitals for animals and renovating major roads
throughout India. After this transformation, Ashoka came to be known as
Dhammashoka (Sanskrit)
Roman Empire
Between
the reigns of the emperors Augustus and Trajan, the Roman Empire achieved great territorial gains in
both the East and the West. In the West, following several defeats in 16 BC, Roman
armies pushed north and east out of Gaul to subdue much of Germania. Despite
the loss of a large army almost to the man in Varus' famous defeat in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9. Roman empire also extended to modern day Britain up to Hadrian's wall.
Pros & Cons:
Although
the law of the Roman Empire is not used today, modern law in many jurisdictions
is based on principles of law used and developed during the Roman Empire
Roads were
developed by romans, Roman aqueducts (some of which are still in use today), Roman
roads, water powered milling
machines, thermal heating systems (as employed in Roman
baths, and also used in palaces and
wealthy homes) sewage and pipe systems and the invention and widespread use
of concrete.
- Religious
occupation
- Spreading
idea
- Industrial
- Economical
change
- Regime
change
- Resources
