Sentence examples for campaign of conquest from inspiring English sources

In 772 the Frankish ruler Charlemagne decided on a campaign of conquest and conversion of the Saxons.

Sumption recounts in extraordinary detail the relentless campaign of conquest that brought Henry to the streets and palaces of Paris within just a few years.

Battle of the Hydaspes, (326 bce), fourth and last pitched battle fought by Alexander the Great during his campaign of conquest in Asia.

More than three years after Isis surged to global infamy with a stunning campaign of conquest, the end came with a whimper, not a bang.

The spread of Wahhābīsm originated from the alliance that was formed between ʿAbd al-Wahhāb and Ibn Saʿūd, who, by initiating a campaign of conquest that was continued by his heirs, made Wahhābīsm the dominant force in Arabia since 1800.

In January 1621, after inviting the English to participate, Coen headed an all-Dutch fleet to the Banda Islands on a campaign of conquest, on the pretext of punishing the Bandanese for disregarding previous commercial agreements.

But it was destined to remain and spread, following progressive campaigns of conquest, accompanied by devastation.

In Animal Labor and Colonial Warfare, James Hevia examines the use of camels, mules, and donkeys in colonial campaigns of conquest and pacification, starting with the Second Afghan War-during which an astonishing 50,000 to 60,000 camels perished-and ending in the early twentieth century.

The last comment raised an uproar in Italy last week, given that Mussolini's Fascist regime helped the Nazis deport more than 7,000 Jews, killed political opponents and waged campaigns of conquest that left hundreds of thousands of people dead.

That was hardly surprising; during campaigns of conquest that spread Ottoman rule over much of Arabia, Persia, North Africa and southern and eastern Europe, commanders were under orders to find the most skilled craftsmen in captured lands and send them to the Topkapi.

The campaigns of conquest are the most widely known feature of Wales during the Roman era, because of the spirited, but ultimately unsuccessful, defence of their homelands by two native tribes: the Silures and the Ordovices.