Sentence examples for conquest on the from inspiring English sources

The main campaign of Medieval: Total War involves the player choosing one of the fourteen playable factions and eventually leading them in conquest on the strategy map.

Lewis does not pretend that the Muslims were not conquerors; he simply justifies their conquest on the ground of their belief in convivencia, a pressing matter today.

And he argued: "Just as King Agamemnon waged what was essentially a war of conquest on the ruse of trying to rescue the beautiful Helen from the hands of the Trojans, President George W. Bush concealed his true motives for the invasion of Iraq".

The impact of the conquest on the lower levels of English society is difficult to assess.

When the Russians first arrived, Siberia (like aboriginal America) already had a diverse life and culture of its own, and it is the idea of Anna Reid's captivating new book, "The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia," to explore the impact of the Russian conquest on that aboriginal culture's fate.

The story -- of a headstrong young American beauty, making enemies and conquests on the grand Tour -- is still intriguing.

Among the most famous doges, capable of exerting considerable political influence because of personal ability, were Enrico Dandolo (doge, 1192 1205), who promoted the Fourth Crusade, and Francesco Foscari (doge, 1423 57), under whom Venice first undertook conquests on the Italian mainland.

And the Second World War analogy can seem too disproportionate: the fearsome Nazi conquests on the eve of America's entry into the war are hardly comparable to the successes of Saddam Hussein.

The death of Charles XII (killed accidentally in Norway in 1718, soon after his return from Turkey) led to protracted negotiations (Congress of Åland) that ultimately resulted in the Peace of Nystad (August 30 [September 10, New Style], 1721), under the terms of which Sweden acquiesced to Russian conquests on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.

Far from rearing back in alarm, Jamie delves in like a true believer, steeping himself in the lingo of empowerment, the result being that he lectures a fellow-teen-ager — a braggart, trumpeting his easy conquests — on the primacy of the clitoral orgasm, and gets beaten up for his pains.

The decline of Jainism continued after the Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent.