Aurum Est Potestas. Latin for Gold Is Power. A Brief History of Imperialism in the Belgian Congo. Covers from 1885 to Present Day

"Aurum Est Potestas." In Latin, it translates into "Gold is power." What better way to sum up the idea of Imperialism? Imperialism is defined as the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations. Territorial acquisition and economic hegemony both reflect the attitude of the world in the eighteenth and ninetieth century. Countries struggled to gain control of what they view to be weaker countries, with no thought as to the rich cultures these lands had cultivated. …