conquest
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thumb|The Triumph of Victory by Peter Paul Rubens (painted )
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Norms against conquest
- Concepts
- Effects on migration
- Plunder
- The state
- Subjugation
- Recapture
- See also
- References
thumb|The Triumph of Victory by Peter Paul Rubens (painted )
Conquest involves achieving control of another entity's territory through war or coercion. Historically, conquests occurred frequently in the international system, and there were limited normative or legal prohibitions against conquest.
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