What are leading causes for an imperialist country to take over another country?

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Answer 1

Historically it has usually been for wealth - - exploiting the resources of the lands taken over as noted above - - and
also exploiting the people. For instance, the people of India became the best customers for the cloth manufacturing concerns in Britain. India's vast population was a huge market for Britain's industrial production in the Victorian era. The goal of the imperialist country has most often been to become rich at the expense of weaker people.

The British essentially created the countries of Iraq and Iran out of the dismembered Ottoman empire after World War I,
then exploited their oil resources.

The Spanish of the 1500s took the gold, silver, and precious gems (especially emeralds) from the Aztecs and Incas giving nothing in return except diseases such as smallpox which killed almost 90% of the native peoples. Not stopping there, the Spanish also used the surviving natives for forced labor in agriculture and mining operations.

Perhaps the worst of the European imperialists were the Belgians in the Congo during the latter 1800s. This huge area of central Africa was shamelessly and brutally exploited for the benefit of Leopold, the Belgian king.

Japanese exploitation of Korea after the Russo-Japanese War of 1905 until the end of World War II was just as bad as European exploitation had been in other areas of the world.

Another reason may be to establish overseas bases as Britain did for her navy all over the world in the 1700s and 1800s.

Lastly, imperialist countries may want to extend their borders for defensive concerns. Hitler and the German people in WWII wanted more "lebensraum" - living room or space. Ancient Rome kept trying to clear its borders of enemies. Each area overtaken led to another boundary with more enemies to overcome. In the ancient Mediterranean world, taking territory meant stolen booty - AND - also revenue
from selling the conquered people into slavery. Conquest became very profitable for Rome as it became an empire.

Answer 2

Scholars since ancient times have scratched their heads over this very question. Perspicacious of you to have stumbled on it. It is generally agreed that having a monkey at the wheel of the imperialist state is one of the prime causes. Monkeys are prone to thinking that the quickest way to get what they want is to take it from their neighbor. The second cause is general, widespread stupidity amongst the population of said state. Stupid people tend to let the monkey lead them next door to take what the neighbors have. Aaaah, three. I forgot three... something about being fat and trigger happy, driving SUVs, opening up Alaska to drilling, being illiterate, spewing CO2, using cheese that comes from a can. Stuff like that. It was kind of complicated. Sorry that I only remember the first two. Hope this helped!

Answer 3

Natural Resources
- oil, food, land, man power... whatever the imperialist country lacks that the country to be invaded has.

Religion
-rare for that purpose but common cause of war

Answer 4

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