Sentence examples for before the conquest from inspiring English sources

Black and brown outlines depict the Aztec god Xolotl, the dog-headed man with lightning coming out of his mouth and the symbol of an ancient game, not unlike handball, played in the Americas long before the Conquest.

The Eastern Orthodox patriarch in Jerusalem left before the conquest and died soon after.

Even before the conquest, according to the Greek geographer Strabo, Britain exported gold, silver, iron, hides, slaves, and hounds in addition to grain.

The Palta appear to have moved into the highlands from the tropical forests to the east not long before the conquest.

But the belt, which is called a chumpi, or faja in Spanish, is a vestige from before the conquest, when they were wrapped around tunics.

Other examples of ritual featherwork include a bag holding coca leaves made by Inca craftsmen within a century or so before the conquest.

Great Chinese thinkers, not least Confucius, flourished 300 years before the conquests of Qin.

Worship after death of historical persons or worship of the living as true deities occurred sporadically even before the conquests of Alexander the Great brought Greek life into contact with Oriental traditions.

Professor Desio had organized 10 scientific expeditions abroad before embarking upon the conquest of K2 in 1954.

(It has since been translated into English by several individuals, initially as Yucatan Before and After the Conquest [1937, reprinted 1978] by William Gates).

All of these events appear to have occurred before or during the conquest of land and there may have been multiple instances of similar transfers.