Conquerors of your Country

Well, depending on any region also. But I will concentrate on at least my region of Saudi Arabia Hijaz since it has been conquered many many times due to its location as a trade route of the frankincense, spices, gold, ivory from africa, pearls and precious stones and textiles. Also later, an important line on the trade between Europe and the East, esepcially the South East of Asia or the Indian subcontinent.  1- Romans

Since ArmenianSurvival did it for Armenia, I'll do it for Canada.

- Native Americans
- Scandinavians (Vikings)
- French
- British

- and finally, Canadians! Even though Canada still remains symbolically subjected to the British crown.

An interesting note: Americans invaded Canada (French and English regions) a few times, such as in 1775 and 1812, but were ousted back to their country...

If you track the existance of France to the 5th republic then no one did apart savage hordes of northern european tourists.

If you take it as a land, including conquests and settlements.

1st: The Celts (Gauls)
2nd: The Germanics (Belgae)
3rd: Phoceans (Marseille and Nice)
4th: Romans
5th: Germanics again (Franks, Goths and Burgundians)
6th: Celts again (Bretons)
7th: Vikings (Normandy)

Then, I can't find of invasions or settlements proper, military defeats yeah; but none that ended by a massive settlement and none that could be considered an invasion.

but i am not going to underestimate others, I respect many great cultural civilizations like Egypt (especially), Roman, Greek, Persian, Indian and of course Turkish.

Originally posted by Exarchus What about the Macedonians and Romans?

 Turks living in Anatolia - since about a thousand years - were never conquered and ruled by others, that's what I meant Detritus. ;)

Edited by Pacifist - 26-Jul-2006 at 12:43

Turkey is an American colony since '50s. I wonder if that counts?

If we understand conquer according with the original view of Cyrus, to take a portion of territory, turkish Turkey was conquered by many enemies. In fact, was more or less conquered by the spanish in the beginning of the XIV century althought then left, when the almughavars crushed the turks between the Aegean sea and the Taurus mountains , althought under the service to the byzantines.


Spain had many conquerors:

1. Celts??? (many many doubts)
2. Greeks (only if we understand the colonies as "conquest")
3. Cartaghinians (the first without doubt)
4. Romans
5. Germans (goths, vandals and suevi... and the iranians alans)
6. Arabs
7. Moors (if we understand islamized berbers, like almoravids and almohads)
8. French

Originally posted by Loknar America....none

Originally posted by Earl Aster Spain had many conquerors: 1. Celts??? (many many doubts) 2. Greeks (only if we understand the colonies as "conquest") 3. Cartaghinians (the first without doubt) 4. Romans 5. Germans (goths, vandals and suevi... and the iranians alans) 6. Arabs 7. Moors (if we understand islamized berbers, like almoravids and almohads) 8. French You also forget the Phoenecians. Carthage was not the only city founded by the Phoenecians near the Iberian Peninsula and Africa; the Phoenecians founded many settlements and cities along the Spanish coast (incidentally, Lisbon was founded by Phoenecians and although that's hardly Spanish, its' still in Iberia which shows that there was definate Phoenecian activity on the whole peninsula) Originally posted by azimuth Originally posted by Loknar America....none   are you joking?   what about british, french and spanish?   Loknar is right there, Azimuth- America (The section now called the USA) was conquered, but the established state of the USA after the American wars of independence (which is, i believe what he is reffering too) has never been conquered. Apart from the Mexican wars in the south, and that Japanese pilot trying to start forest fires in WWII, there has never been any offensive military action towards the USA on their land since it was established (i'm not sure if there was some land action there in the Napoleonic wars, though)

You are right my friend, the phoenicians stablished the colonies, then Carthage inherited those settlement, they was at the same position than the greeks in this post, hardly can be considerated "conquest" the stablishment of colonies. But Carthage, the carthaginians conquered trully a great portion of Iberia.

About USA... i must disagree. The war with Great Britain of 1812-1814 with Washington falling in the hands of the english, and the WWII with the japanese taking the Aleutine islands.

And russians, althoug then you could expell theirs.