What countries were dominated for a long time?

[Runic]

Many nations have been dominated for awhile, some from inside continental populations, others from outside foreign populations. A good example would be the Ottoman Empire.

 

[Reinaert]

The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most enduring in world history. The saying "All Roads Lead to Rome" alludes to this central hub of technology, literature, culture and architecture in the ancient world. The engineers of the Roman age created an unparalleled network of roads in ancient history. Approximately 50,000 miles (80,000 km) of roads spread Roman civilization, influence and the mighty legions throughout the western world. They built strong arched bridges, and mastered the concept of "running water" using aqueducts that, among other things, supplied public baths rivaling today's modern water facilities. At the height of its power in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, the Roman Empire consisted of some 2.2 million square miles (5.7 million sq. km). 60 million people (or as much as 1/5 of the world's population) claimed citizenship of Rome and as many as 120 million people may have lived within its borders.

The Romans were a pain in the neck. Destroyed a lot of civilizations. You are talking like a chicken that lost her head.
The Romans invented the fascist concept for the first time.
To screw people. If they resist, screw them even more.
Even Genghis Khan had a better performance.

 

[sparkey]

Holland???
for dominating indonesia for 450 years??

Where do you get 450 from? 1602 was the date the Dutch East India Company was founded, and the Dutch became dominant in Indonesia sometime after. Indonesia became independent in the 1940's. At most, that's 350 years of Dutch domination. It's also complicated by the fact that Indonesia was not a unified state prior to colonization, right? So it's hard to fit Indonesia as one of the best answers to this question. Although, all said, 300+ years is a long time.

 

[Michel Gilson]

Ireland, dominated for centuries by the English.

 

[Maleth]

many countries have become countries as we know them today in the last couple of centuries, very hard to say who dominated who unless its very recent history

 

[wlkwos]

Not so easy to answer.

 

[Potentia]

Ireland was dominated for a long time. As well as Galicia, Catalonia, and Aragon by the Castillians.

 

[bancroft]

Macau was dominated by Portugal from mid-16th century to 1999.