Cholula (Nahuatl: "Place of Springs"), an important pre-Spanish-conquest town dedicated to the god Quetzalcóatl, is known for its many domed churches, for the Spaniards built a church on top of each native temple.
From the beginning of the Ottoman conquest, the town declined in importance until its port was rejuvenated in the 20th century.
Soon thereafter we find Dizzy leading not only the school but the entire town to conquest, meaning victory in the big game.
Bonaparte led these 13,000 French soldiers in the conquest of the coastal towns of Arish, Gaza, Jaffa, and Haifa.
In retaliation for the raids, the coalition in control of Idlib, the Nusra-led Army of Conquest, shelled the nearby towns of Foua and Kefraya, which are seen as pro-regime, according to the Associated Press.
Local rulers fought continuously in the area until the Mongol conquest in 1220, when the town was destroyed.
In "Homage to Zenobia, Lawrence Wrightt reflects on ISIS's conquest of Palmyra, a Syrian town once ruled by a strong-willed queen.
By The New Yorker July 13 , 2015In "Homage to Zenobia, Lawrence Wrightt reflects on ISIS's conquest of Palmyra, a Syrian town once ruled by a strong-willed queen.
With Lawrence Wright July 13 , 2015In "Homage to Zenobia, Lawrence Wrightt reflects on ISIS's conquest of Palmyra, a Syrian town once ruled by a strong-willed queen.
Before Julius Caesar's conquest, Troyes was already a town of the Gauls; under the Roman emperor Augustus it became the capital of the Gallic tribe known as the Tricasses (hence its name).
Deteriorating living conditions mean that many want to leave Mosul, but they are prevented by Isis, which does not want to find that its greatest conquest has become a ghost town.
