And, on the other side of their empire, they conquered the Berbers of North Africa but alienated them through the brutalities of the slave trade, which sparked the great Berber rebellion of 741.
In an age where we tend rather arrogantly to see Christianity as a phenomenon of the developed world - the faith that colonising Europeans took to the territories they conquered - it's worth remembering that the Middle East is the cradle of that faith.
Mr Jones, 51, from Erlestoke, Wiltshire, and Swiss psychiatrist Mr Piccard, 41, can safely say they have conquered one of the last great aviation challenges.
His troops repeatedly entered neighbouring Somalia (they are slowly handing over conquered territory to an African Union peacekeeping force).
Indeed, Brazil's currency regime may have made much-needed fiscal adjustment harder: now that Brazilians have conquered inflation, they are loth to push through painful budgetary reforms.
As you industry gets conquered, as they all do, I would argue you need to network more and with people in different industries that require similar skills.
They can truly claim to have conquered the Alexandrine.
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Europeans conquered these continents primarily because of the diseases they brought with them, especially smallpox, which quickly wiped out most of the native populations.
If conquered peoples paid tribute and did not make trouble, they were largely left alone.
If they can find a way to make everything work, the Wilpons will have conquered Queens with two professional franchises, and perhaps be credited with revamping a once forgotten area of New York City.
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