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Conquest (military)
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Conquest (military)
Conquest
involves the act of
military
of an enemy by force of
arms
. The
Norman conquest of England
provides an example: it led to the subjugation of the
Kingdom of England
to Norman control and brought
William the Conqueror
to the
English throne
in 1066.
Military history
provides many other examples of conquest: the
Roman conquest of Britain
, the
Mauryan
conquest of
Afghanistan
and of the entire
Indian subcontinent
, the
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
and various
Muslim conquests
, to mention just a few.
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