Sentence examples for point of conquest from inspiring English sources

The Ayyubid period of rule virtually ended in 1260, after the Mongols under Hulagu Khan completely destroyed Gaza his southernmost point of conquest.

The defeat and capture of the Roman emperor Valerian at the gates of Edessa, probably in 259, was the high point of his conquests in the west.

The literature and historical evidences show that the city of Pella was located near the sea and its harbor was the starting point of various conquests of famous kings such as Philip the 2nd and Alexander the Great.

In fact, Turkey was the very definition of the anti-Europe, the vast Muslim empire that at one point sent its armies of conquest as far into Europe as Vienna.

Metin Gurcan, writing in the online magazine al-Monitor, points out that the Army of Conquest says in a statement that Erdogan and the AKP government have never abandoned their support for the Syrian revolution, despite domestic and foreign pressure.

While there would be many more bumps along the way, such widespread enthusiasm marked a turning point towards British acceptance of an overseas empire of conquest.

When the New Horizons spacecraft, cameras clicking, sped past Pluto in July, it represented an inflection point in the conquest of the solar system.

"They are symbols of conquest.

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"The futility of conquest in business mirrors the futility of conquest in war," he writes.