conquest

In its early years, the country bounded across a continent with the Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and the conquest of California.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

The 70m-long Bayeux Tapestry depicts 58 scenes outlining the extraordinary events surrounding the Norman conquest of England, the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the end of Anglo-Saxon rule in Britain.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

When Alexander, not yet 30 years old, crossed the Hindu Kush, his conquest tipped from plunder, expansion and avenging Persian invasions into an epic and increasingly confused fantasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The conquest took place around 300 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and is detailed in George R.R.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Despite the ravages of conquest, this part of Oakwald Forest remained untouched.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Dietrich was Hollywood’s greatest seductress, with conquests galore, male and female, but she was prouder of helping the war effort during World War II as a performer and war-bonds promoter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Al-Bass site is centred on a necropolis that dates back three millennia to Tyre's time as a major Phoenician city and was still in use until the Arab conquests of the 7h Century.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

Covering 500 years and events from conquests to wars to racism, “America, América” should be required reading in those history classes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025

From 1815 to 1914, London presided over an expanding global system marked by industry, capital exports and colonial conquests, all spurred by the integration of the planet via railroad, steamship, telegraph and ultimately radio.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2024

Atahuallpa remained entirely ignorant about Spain’s conquests of Central America’s most powerful and populous Indian societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond