Blackbourn argues that the "conquest of nature" has been "all too closely linked to the conquest of others"; the Nazi plan to "reclaim" the Pripet marshes, in Poland, was tied to an image of their Slavic inhabitants as primitive "swamp-dwellers".
The last day, the "victorious 10th" day of Navratri (Vijaya Dasami or Dasara in south India, Bijoya in Bengal), when kings formerly did their symbolic conquests of other land, is dedicated to Lakshmi, the goddess of good fortune.
It became the starting point of most of the Spanish expeditions of exploration and conquest of the other islands of the West Indies and the adjacent mainland.
Power to the people is a worldwide revolutionary slogan advancing democracy, but presupposes a more ancient meaning: the prehistoric conquest of every other vertebrate on earth.
Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado was initially well received in the city in 1524 and the Kaqchikel kings provided the Spanish with native allies to assist in the conquest of the other highland Maya kingdoms.
technology is the means by which this new order comes to be. is technology intrinsically focused on conquest? of nature, of others?
Although this author of "The Norman Conquests" and dozens of other comedies of middle-class British life draws his amiable characters with the usual appealing blend of insight, compassion and humor, the paces through which he puts them here come to seem a little strained.
But Mr. Hallmark said Bentley expected to reach its sales goals simply by "conquest" of customers from other car companies.
