Conquest of the Desert
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The Conquest of the Desert was a late 19th-century Argentine military campaign that violently expanded national control over Patagonia and the Pampas by subjugating and dispossessing Indigenous peoples.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conquest of the Desert canonical | 12 |
| The Conquest of the Desert | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conquest of the Desert Context triple: [Argentine Army, conflict, Conquest of the Desert]
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A.
Duel in the Desert
Duel in the Desert is the longstanding college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State University Sun Devils.
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B.
Guerra del Asiento
Guerra del Asiento es el nombre en español de la Guerra del Asiento o Guerra de la Oreja de Jenkins, un conflicto del siglo XVIII entre Gran Bretaña y España principalmente por disputas comerciales y coloniales en el Caribe y América.
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C.
Conquest of Paradise
"Conquest of Paradise" is a famous orchestral theme by Vangelis, widely recognized for its epic, cinematic sound and frequent use in films, events, and popular culture.
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D.
War of the Camps
The War of the Camps was a series of brutal mid-1980s sieges and battles in Lebanon in which the Amal Movement and its allies fought Palestinian factions for control of refugee camps during the Lebanese Civil War.
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E.
Count of La Conquista
Count of La Conquista is a Spanish colonial noble title historically associated with the Chilean aristocrat and political figure Mateo de Toro y Zambrano.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conquest of the Desert Target entity description: The Conquest of the Desert was a late 19th-century Argentine military campaign that violently expanded national control over Patagonia and the Pampas by subjugating and dispossessing Indigenous peoples.
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A.
Duel in the Desert
Duel in the Desert is the longstanding college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State University Sun Devils.
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B.
Guerra del Asiento
Guerra del Asiento es el nombre en español de la Guerra del Asiento o Guerra de la Oreja de Jenkins, un conflicto del siglo XVIII entre Gran Bretaña y España principalmente por disputas comerciales y coloniales en el Caribe y América.
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C.
Conquest of Paradise
"Conquest of Paradise" is a famous orchestral theme by Vangelis, widely recognized for its epic, cinematic sound and frequent use in films, events, and popular culture.
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D.
War of the Camps
The War of the Camps was a series of brutal mid-1980s sieges and battles in Lebanon in which the Amal Movement and its allies fought Palestinian factions for control of refugee camps during the Lebanese Civil War.
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E.
Count of La Conquista
Count of La Conquista is a Spanish colonial noble title historically associated with the Chilean aristocrat and political figure Mateo de Toro y Zambrano.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Argentine military campaign
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historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ |
| commander | Julio Argentino Roca ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | monuments to Julio Argentino Roca in Argentina ⓘ |
| controversy |
disputes over monuments and place names honoring its leaders
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public debate in Argentina over its characterization as genocide ⓘ |
| country | Argentina ⓘ |
| endTime | 1880s ⓘ |
| followedBy |
agrarian expansion in southern Argentina
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intensified European immigration to Argentina ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
consolidation of Argentine national territory
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demographic decline of Indigenous populations in the region ⓘ expansion of cattle ranching in Patagonia and the Pampas ⓘ marginalization of surviving Indigenous communities ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment |
often described as genocidal by some historians
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widely criticized as a campaign of ethnic violence ⓘ |
| leader | Julio Argentino Roca ⓘ |
| location |
Pampas
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Patagonia ⓘ Southern Argentina ⓘ
linked to:
southern Argentina
|
| mainPhaseEnd | 1885 ⓘ |
| mainPhaseStart | 1878 ⓘ |
| method |
destruction of Indigenous settlements
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forced removal of Indigenous peoples ⓘ military offensive ⓘ |
| objective |
appropriation of Indigenous lands
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expand Argentine state control over Patagonia ⓘ expand Argentine state control over the Pampas ⓘ subjugation of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| opponent |
Mapuche peoples
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linked to:
Mapuche people
Pampas Indigenous groups ⓘ
linked to:
Querandí people
Ranquel peoples ⓘ Tehuelche peoples ⓘ
linked to:
Tehuelche
|
| participant |
Argentine Army
ⓘ
Argentine National Guard ⓘ
linked to:
Argentine National Gendarmerie
|
| partOf | Argentine nation-building in the 19th century ⓘ |
| precededBy | frontier conflicts between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Argentina ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Argentine–Mapuche conflicts
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history of Indigenous peoples in Argentina ⓘ territorial expansion of Argentina in the 19th century ⓘ |
| result |
Argentine control over Patagonia
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Argentine control over the Pampas ⓘ dispossession of Indigenous communities ⓘ large-scale land redistribution to settlers and elites ⓘ mass displacement of Indigenous populations ⓘ |
| startTime | 1870s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Conquest of the Desert Description of subject: The Conquest of the Desert was a late 19th-century Argentine military campaign that violently expanded national control over Patagonia and the Pampas by subjugating and dispossessing Indigenous peoples.
Referenced by (13)
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linked to: Conquest of the Desert