9 sentences with 'conquering'
Example sentences and phrases with the word conquering and other words derived from it.
• « Alexander the Great was one of the most famous and important military leaders in history, a man who began conquering "the world" when he was eighteen years old. »
• « At the beginning of the Middle Kingdom, Mentuhotep II succeeded not only in reunifying Egypt, but also in conquering the northern portion of Nubia. »
• « Much later, a Nubian king, Piankhy, returned the favour by conquering Egypt? He claimed to be restoring a purer form of Egyptian rule than had survived in Egypt itself! »
• « When Julius Caesar was busy conquering Gaul some 700 years later, he found the Celts there writing in the Greek alphabet, which he had long ago learned from Greek colonies along the coast. »
• « Cyrus II began his conquests by invading Anatolia in 546 BCE, conquering the kingdom of Lydia in the process. »
• « He then moved into Central Asia, into present-day Afghanistan, conquering all that constituted the "known world" of that region. »
• « Cyrus II was followed by his son Cambyses II. Cambyses II led the Persian armies westward, conquering both the rich Phoenician cities of the eastern Mediterranean coast and Egypt. »
• « Unfortunately for Philip II, he was assassinated by one of his bodyguards in 336 BC, only two years after conquering Greece. »
• « For twenty years, the Carthaginians built up their forces and resources, notably by invading and conquering much of Spain, which contained rich gold and copper mines and thousands of Spanish Celts who came to serve as mercenaries in the Carthaginian armies. »