11 sentences with 'conquest'
Example sentences and phrases with the word conquest and other words derived from it.
• « If in the writings following the Spanish conquest there are vague references to beliefs in the underworld, the abundance of archaeological evidence is notorious. »
• « The subsequent conquest of the Americas by Europeans and their descendants thus became much easier. Europeans suddenly had access to a staggering wealth of land and natural resources, wealth they extracted largely by enslaving millions of Native Americans and Africans. »
• « Thanks in large part to the European conquest of the Americas and the exploitation of its resources and peoples, Europe went from being a region of little economic and military power and importance to one of the most formidable in the centuries that followed. »
• « Following the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of Central and South America, the other major European states embarked on their own imperialist ventures in the following centuries. »
• « The Babylonian empire founded by Hammurabi was overthrown by the Kassites (whose origins are unknown) in 1595 BC, the conquest following a Hittite invasion that sacked Babylon but did not stay to rule it. »
• « Eventually (from 1225 BC onwards), Assyria led a brief period of conquest that conquered Babylon and the Kassites, going on to rule a united Mesopotamia before being forced to retreat against the backdrop of a wider collapse of the Bronze Age political and commercial network. »
• « The conquest of Babylon was surprisingly peaceful; Babylon was divided between the priests of Marduk (the city's patron deity) and the king, who tried to favour the worship of a different goddess. »
• « The conquest of Babylon produced one outstanding example - the "Cyrus Cylinder", a pillar covered by a proclamation that Cyrus commissioned after the conquest of Babylon. »
• « The most frequently studied period of Greek history is the 'Classical Age', the time between the triumph of the Greek coalition against Persia in 479 BC and the conquest of Greece by the Macedonian king Philip II (father of Alexander the Great) in 338 BC. »
• « The most immediate problem facing Philip II after the Greek conquest was that his men demanded more booty, and the only way to repay them was to find new places to invade and plunder. So Philip ruled Greece, but he could not afford to sit back with his troops and wish for more victories. »