10 sentences with 'conquests'
Example sentences and phrases with the word conquests and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, their conquests were justified by their religious beliefs, as well as by a direct desire for dominance. »
• « The Assyrian conquests culminated in 671 BC when King Esarhaddon (r. 681-668 BC) invaded Egypt and conquered not only the entire Egyptian kingdom, but also northern Nubia. This was the first time in history that the two founding river valleys of the ancient civilisation, those of the Nile and Mesopotamia, were under the control of a single political entity. »
• « The Egyptian record of 1207 BC mentioned above consists of Pharaoh boasting of his conquests in Canaan, including Israel. »
• « The early Spartan conquests of their region of Greece had resulted in a large area under their control, populated by non-Spartan people. Instead of extending any kind of political representation to these subjects, the Spartans maintained absolute control over them, even the right to kill them at will without legal consequences. »
• « Cyrus II began his conquests by invading Anatolia in 546 BCE, conquering the kingdom of Lydia in the process. »
• « Darius I inherited the conquests of his predecessors and personally oversaw the conquest of the northern part of the Indus River valley in northwest India, marking the first time in world history that one state ruled over three of the major river systems of ancient history (i.e. the Nile, Mesopotamia and the Indus). »
• « Thanks to the legacy of Alexander's conquests, Greek culture went from being relatively insignificant to becoming a major influence throughout the region. »
• « His men, however, were tired and rich beyond their wildest dreams. Few of them could see the point of future conquests and wanted instead to return home and enjoy their hard-earned booty. »
• « The mere fact that the Greeks had not been able to forge an empire except during the brief period of Alexander's conquests seemed to the Romans to be proof that they did not possess an equivalent degree of virtue. »