However, democracies have also engaged in imperial acts. Imperialism is often linked with totalitarian enterprises, since the colonized rarely had much say in their governance
Imperial projects ranging from that of Alexander the Great, through the Roman Empire, to the British and Napoleonic empires saw themselves as instruments for good in the world, even though their expansion was usually violent. Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient and modern, have also tended to regard themselves as spreading order, morality, the true religion and civilization, and have even claimed to occupy the high moral ground. Negatively, many cultures have suffered due to imperial domination since the dominant have often regarded themselves as superior and have neglected, or even deliberately destroyed, indigenous cultures. In the prehistorical world (before written history began), clan groups extended their territory and dominated others, competing against them for food and resources.
In various forms, imperialism may be as old as humanity.
Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation’s authority by territorial conquest or by establishing economic and political domination of other nations that are not its colonies.
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