Conqueror
noun
A person who conquers a place or people.
Alexander the Great was a famous conqueror who created one of the largest empires in the world.
Often appears as...
- famous conqueror
- great conqueror
noun
A person who conquers a place or people.
Alexander the Great was a famous conqueror who created one of the largest empires in the world.
Often appears as...
- famous conqueror
- great conqueror
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Pro Tip 1/3Historical Figures
Often associated with famous historical leaders who expanded territories and power.
Genghis Khan was a significant conqueror in medieval history.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Connotation
Primarily used in military or violent contexts where force is applied to win control.
The conquerors overran the city and claimed it for their own.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Can imply brutality or oppression, not just victory or success.
The role of a conqueror is often glamorized despite the suffering caused.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Figures
Often associated with famous historical leaders who expanded territories and power.
Genghis Khan was a significant conqueror in medieval history.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Connotation
Primarily used in military or violent contexts where force is applied to win control.
The conquerors overran the city and claimed it for their own.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Can imply brutality or oppression, not just victory or success.
The role of a conqueror is often glamorized despite the suffering caused.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Figures
Often associated with famous historical leaders who expanded territories and power.
Genghis Khan was a significant conqueror in medieval history.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Connotation
Primarily used in military or violent contexts where force is applied to win control.
The conquerors overran the city and claimed it for their own.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Can imply brutality or oppression, not just victory or success.
The role of a conqueror is often glamorized despite the suffering caused.
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What really happened to...
The truth of the library’s rise and fall is much more complex. The idea for the library came from Alexander the Great. After establishing himself as a conqueror, the former student of Aristotle turned his attention to building an empire of knowledge headquartered in his namesake city. He died before construction began,
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A brief history of...
Arab merchants, scholars, and conquerors began to spread it into Europe. This was a decimal, or base ten, system, which could represent any number using only ten unique glyphs. The positions of these symbols indicate different powers of ten, starting on the right and increasing as we move left.
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How the Normans changed...
William consolidated his gains with a huge castle-building campaign and a reorganization of English society. He lived up to his nickname "William the Conqueror" through a massive survey known as the Domesday Book, which recorded the population and ownership
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Why are there so many...
all around us, all the time. But examine almost any patch of ground, and you're sure to find them there. Their numbers are immense, and their success is unmatched. We may have to accept that it's insects, not us, that are the true conquerors of the planet.
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History vs. Genghis Khan...
For every great conqueror, there are millions of conquered. Whose stories will survive? And can a leader's historical or cultural signifigance outweigh the deaths they caused along the way? These are the questions that arise when we put history on trial.
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History vs. Tamerlane...
to become one of history’s greatest conquerors, uniting nearly all of Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran under his rule. But was he a great state builder or a bloodthirsty tyrant? Order! Order! Who do we have on the stand today? Tamer...lane?
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Ananda Shankar Jayant...
and continue treatment, as I ride out into the battlefield of cancer, asking my rogue cells to behave, I want to be known not as a cancer survivor, but as a cancer conqueror. I present to you an excerpt of that work
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How the Kushites Took...
They were taking the elites of Kushite society and giving them Egyptian educations. But the Kushites, eventually, became even more devout spiritual followers than their conquerors. Even as the Egyptian empire began
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The rise and fall of the...
stunned the king’s much larger force with guns and horses, neither of which they had seen before. Atahualpa was taken captive and killed about a year later. The Spanish conquerors were awed by the capital of Cuzco.
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The rise and fall of the...
into an empire that would last generations. Assyrians were military innovators and merciless conquerors. During their conquests, they used siege tactics and cruel punishments for those who opposed them,
Video examples
What really happened to...
The truth of the library’s rise and fall is much more complex. The idea for the library came from Alexander the Great. After establishing himself as a conqueror, the former student of Aristotle turned his attention to building an empire of knowledge headquartered in his namesake city. He died before construction began,
Video examples
A brief history of...
Arab merchants, scholars, and conquerors began to spread it into Europe. This was a decimal, or base ten, system, which could represent any number using only ten unique glyphs. The positions of these symbols indicate different powers of ten, starting on the right and increasing as we move left.
Video examples
How the Normans changed...
William consolidated his gains with a huge castle-building campaign and a reorganization of English society. He lived up to his nickname "William the Conqueror" through a massive survey known as the Domesday Book, which recorded the population and ownership
Video examples
Why are there so many...
all around us, all the time. But examine almost any patch of ground, and you're sure to find them there. Their numbers are immense, and their success is unmatched. We may have to accept that it's insects, not us, that are the true conquerors of the planet.
Video examples
History vs. Genghis Khan...
For every great conqueror, there are millions of conquered. Whose stories will survive? And can a leader's historical or cultural signifigance outweigh the deaths they caused along the way? These are the questions that arise when we put history on trial.
Video examples
History vs. Tamerlane...
to become one of history’s greatest conquerors, uniting nearly all of Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran under his rule. But was he a great state builder or a bloodthirsty tyrant? Order! Order! Who do we have on the stand today? Tamer...lane?
Video examples
Ananda Shankar Jayant...
and continue treatment, as I ride out into the battlefield of cancer, asking my rogue cells to behave, I want to be known not as a cancer survivor, but as a cancer conqueror. I present to you an excerpt of that work
Video examples
How the Kushites Took...
They were taking the elites of Kushite society and giving them Egyptian educations. But the Kushites, eventually, became even more devout spiritual followers than their conquerors. Even as the Egyptian empire began
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
stunned the king’s much larger force with guns and horses, neither of which they had seen before. Atahualpa was taken captive and killed about a year later. The Spanish conquerors were awed by the capital of Cuzco.
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
into an empire that would last generations. Assyrians were military innovators and merciless conquerors. During their conquests, they used siege tactics and cruel punishments for those who opposed them,
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
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Jean Rostand
French Scientist
One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Ernst Zundel
German Activist
Conquerors never, never conquer a nation to bring freedom. They brought control.
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Konrad Adenauer
German Statesman
The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.
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Ludwig von Mises
Austrian Economist
War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
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Naftali Bennett
Israeli Politician
You can't be a conqueror in your own home.
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Carl von Clausewitz
German General
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
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Jean Rostand
French Scientist
One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Ernst Zundel
German Activist
Conquerors never, never conquer a nation to bring freedom. They brought control.
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Konrad Adenauer
German Statesman
The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.
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Ludwig von Mises
Austrian Economist
War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
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Naftali Bennett
Israeli Politician
You can't be a conqueror in your own home.
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Carl von Clausewitz
German General
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
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