Sentence examples for has made conquests from inspiring English sources

Though little known outside Utah, he has made conquests in medical equipment, real estate, genomics and the Internet, and in the process has become a very rich man.

Islam, he points out, has made "permanent conquests in every part of the world into which it has expanded with only three exceptions: Spain, Sicily, and certain parts of the Balkans": three areas where Islamic fanaticism was confronted with opposing fanaticism.

In becoming Rudy's maven, Norman has made his greatest conquest.

Also, their history of seafaring trade and conquest has made them at home by the shore.

All sides agreed, however, that the conquest of Tripoli has made it a crucible of regional rivalries.

In his 1852 address at the opening of the Athenaeum in Richmond, Va., the Rev. John Robertson spoke of "the piratical Saxons" as "mere barbarians" whose "ignorance" had made the Norman Conquest all but inevitable.

Official religion is further seen in many dedications, such as one found on Caelian Hill in Rome in the 18th century, which records the offering of a temple and statue to Hercules by Lucius Mummius in 146 bce in fulfillment of a vow he had made during his conquest of Greece and sack of Corinth.

The Army of Conquest had made gains in northwestern Syria alongside other insurgent groups since May, seizing Idlib city and Jisr al-Shughour from government forces and advancing towards the coastal areas.

In the east, Japan of course lost the conquests it had made since 1931, but was also obliged to disgorge Korea and Formosa (now Taiwan) and the Pacific islands that it had gained decades earlier.

The British government resented having to turn over most of the colonial conquests it had made since 1793.

He died in 1210 in a polo accident, having made no effort to extend his Indian conquests, but he had managed to establish the foundation of an Indian Muslim state.