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Tuntian (屯田) or tunken (屯墾) was a type of frontier "military-agricultural colonies" in the history of China. Troops were sent to harsh landscapes at the...

combination of military service and agricultural employment. The Emperor Alexander I of Russia (reigned 1801-1825) introduced military settlements in...

Jewish agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire, also referred to as individually as koloniya (pl. kolonii; Russian: колония) were first established...

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the...

The United Colonies was the official name as used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia for the newly formed proto-state comprising the Thirteen...

number of clan-based military groups from the eastern part of Qing Province. Since 192, he developed military agricultural colonies (tuntian) to support...

chancellor Cao Cao established agricultural military colonies for settling wartime refugees. Cao Cao also established military colonies in Anhui province in 209...

Canal Colonies is the name given to parts of western Punjab which were brought under cultivation through the construction of canals and agricultural colonisation...

rebellion in 60 BCE, largely attributed to his use of tuntian or "military-agricultural colonies" to win over the Qiang. In 42 BCE, the Qiang in the Longxi region...

The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres (110 km2) located in Iowa County in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana (or Main Amana, German:...

watchtowers on the wall were supported by civilian farming and by military agricultural colonies known as tuntian. Behind this line of fortifications, the Han...

colonial empire (German: Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire. Unified in 1871, the...

Luis Potosí. His control allowed him to create and maintain military-agricultural colonies in his area of control, where veterans of his army and their...

permanent colonies in the North. The first of the permanent English colonies in the Americas was established in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Colonies were...

and more were set up to link Khotan and Cherchen in 1286. Military agricultural colonies (tuntian were set up in Beshbalik in 1283 and 1286, and more...

me can be made only to God. Starting in 1816, he organized military-agricultural colonies, an idea initially conceived by Alexander I. At first Arakcheyev...

avoid those fines. Liu Jin also implemented surveys of the military agricultural colonies, which is what eventually led to the Prince of Anhua rebellion...

Minister of War of Alexander I, organized military-agricultural colonies Abram Gannibal, general and military engineer of Black African origin, governor...

Shujineng, Houdanbo (侯彈勃) and their followers planned to raid the military-agricultural colonies in Guanzhong in his absence. However, his subordinate, Wen Yang...

this fertile and strategic oasis. Several times the Han set up military agricultural colonies to feed their troops and supply trade caravans. It was especially...