Annexation is a common result of large-scale immigration and property rights changes (not the same things, but often overlapping). Also, "Our nationals are in your country and you're treating them terribly!" is always a grand excuse for an invasion. The Ottoman Empire deliberately and consciously uprooted and replanted big populations of ethnic groups and tribal people (expected to be loyal to the Empire) into territories where the bordering country's enforcement was weak, where the Empire had some sway over what happened (tribute etc.), or which they owned but did not feel secure in that ownership. This was often by offering the people rewards of some kind to move in there; sometimes full citizenship was enough reward, meaning they weren't getting direct money or title to the land in the country where they were going, to do any of this. The result, hundreds of years later, can be seen in border-crossing populations of Turks, Afghans, and so on. The Balkans have been in this state since forever. I'm not as sure about the history of Eastern Germany or Poland.
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Date: 30 Jun 2011 03:51 am (UTC)Also, "Our nationals are in your country and you're treating them terribly!" is always a grand excuse for an invasion.
The Ottoman Empire deliberately and consciously uprooted and replanted big populations of ethnic groups and tribal people (expected to be loyal to the Empire) into territories where the bordering country's enforcement was weak, where the Empire had some sway over what happened (tribute etc.), or which they owned but did not feel secure in that ownership. This was often by offering the people rewards of some kind to move in there; sometimes full citizenship was enough reward, meaning they weren't getting direct money or title to the land in the country where they were going, to do any of this.
The result, hundreds of years later, can be seen in border-crossing populations of Turks, Afghans, and so on. The Balkans have been in this state since forever. I'm not as sure about the history of Eastern Germany or Poland.