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by EA-3167 1104 days ago
When has Algeria not been a conquered state? Even before the Islamic conquest it was a plaything of various powers, and after the conquest it became an endless warring series of dynasties and caliphates.
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When has any modern nation state ever not been a conquered state?
The entirety of the Americas until European first contact?
You should read some pre-Columbus American history. There were loads of empires from the Mississippi to Columbia.
Who were they conquered by, in a manner that's REMOTELY analogous to Algeria's history?
> Who were they conquered by, in a manner that's REMOTELY analogous to Algeria's history?

The Inca? The Maya? The Navajo call the Ancestral Pueblo the Anasazi for a reason [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestral_Puebloans#Etymology

It seems that I have significant gaps in my knowledge of pre-conquest American history.