conquest
Speech parts
1. conquest - Noun
2. conquest - Verb
3. Conquest - Proper noun
Meaning
The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
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the conquest of space
10s BC * 19 BC : Conclusion of major fighting in the Cantabrian Wars marks the end of the Roman conquest of Hispania * 18 BC : Baekje is founded in midwestern Korea (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi).
1760–61 Britain completed the conquest of Canada in 1760 by capturing Montreal which effectively brought the war to an end on mainland North America.
According to some modern historians, the aim of the campaign of 116 was to achieve a "preemptive demonstration" aiming not toward the conquest of Parthia, but for tighter Roman control over the Eastern trade route.
According to that hypothesis, the Kaaba was first consecrated to a supreme deity named Allah and then hosted the pantheon of Quraysh after their conquest of Mecca, about a century before the time of Muhammad.
After his death in 632 C.E., much of the expansion of the empire came through conquest such as that of North Africa and later Spain ( Al-Andalus ).