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by tim333 158 days ago
If you look at the history on Wikipedia there have been invasions and the like going back way before the Brits got in there. Eg.

>the clash between the kingdoms of Aksum and Himyar in 525 displayed a higher power struggle between Byzantium and Persia for control of the Red Sea trade. Territorial wars soon became common...

etc. And on likewise for over a thousand years.