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ing the area for many years but the inhabitants did not want to be exploited anymore. They had radical political and religious beliefs and internal differences, but a nationalistic spirit united them and they wanted independence. They began to resist the occupation.
Major forces poured in to quell the resistance. The invaders established a series of compounds from which they sallied forth to control the populace. They set up local government, recruited local troops and those of allies but they were not very effective.
The powerful invaders rarely lost a battle but they could not control the countryside. The natives just faded before them and came back again, often getting assistance from outside their borders. The invaders formed defense lines around hostile areas and attempted to pacify the rest. But nothing worked.
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