The conquerors and traders who came here across the centuries all left their mark on the local, African cultures.
President Bush is now reading Michael Beschloss's excellent history "The Conquerors, " about how Franklin Roosevelt planned Germany's postwar future.
While its size and strategic position in the Mediterranean may have attracted hosts of conquerors, the nature of its interior and the independent spirit of its inhabitants ensured that Sardinia was never a placid, compliant colony.
In Pool D, Wales face holders South Africa, their 2007 conquerors Fiji and the top teams from Oceania and Africa.
"Conquerors and governments pass before the people as dim rumours, as entertainment in a hospital ward, " wrote John Updike in his novel The Coup.
"The Afghan people do not take kindly to conquerors, " he said.
But coach Glenn Delaney was still pleased with his side's efforts in beating Exeter, their EDF National Trophy semi-final conquerors last month, to take the race all the way to the wire.
Fleming admitted as much after the game with Sri Lanka when he named both their conquerors and Cup holders Australia as "more skilled than us".
At a moment when nationalistic claims and counter-claims are resounding over the ice-floes, the region's intractability still forces its would-be conquerors to rub along.
The Springboks ultimately joined fellow semifinalists England and France, but not before Fiji -- conquerors of Wales eight days earlier -- gave them a monumental fright.
Another unbeaten run came to an end as Barcelona's conquerors in last season's final, Chelsea , boosted hopes of reaching the last 16 after stealing a 3-2 win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk in the fourth minute of injury time.
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