After Mongol control was lost, Moscow gained territory from the borders of Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom to the Ural mountains. They also pushed southward toward the Caspian Sea, and when these lands were secured, they pushed into western Siberia. These lands were conquered by Russian peasants, or cossacks, settling in the new lands.
It is sometimes called the 'Age of Discovery'.
They hoped to establish trade with China, Japan, and the Indies without having to go throught middlemen in west Asia and the Middle East. The motive of conquering, plundering, and exploiting the lands that these expeditions discovered arose only after they were discovered, that is, after the expeditions and not before then.
Danish explorer working for Russia was the last country to send an explorer to the new world. Vitus J. Bering reached American lands in 1741.
The Spanish wanted gold from the lands in the Caribbean. Later they used missionaries to convert the natives and farmed the lands.
Rome began conquering other countries' lands and by this they expanded their Empire.
Lands west of the Mississippi
To move into one of the lands
Justinian expanded the Byzantine Empire through means of war and the conquering other lands. The additions of the former Roman provinces of Italia, Baetica, and Africa Proconsularis expanded the Byzantine Empire to it's largest point in history.
for conquering lands & capturing villages.
by conquering other lands
The Ottoman Empire expanded by conquering territory from neighboring states. In some cases, such as the Byzantine Empire (and all of its Despotates), the Sultante of Rum, the Empire of Trebizond, the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, and several Balkans States, were entirely consumeed by the Ottoman Empire. Others such as the Hungarian Empire and Romania were not entirely conquered but lost some lands.
After Mongol control was lost, Moscow gained territory from the borders of Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom to the Ural mountains. They also pushed southward toward the Caspian Sea, and when these lands were secured, they pushed into western Siberia. These lands were conquered by Russian peasants, or cossacks, settling in the new lands.
Because the southwest originally was part of Mexico. By conquering such territories, many of these people were swiftly sacked from their lands.
Alexander the greats achievements were conquering other lands and to have war
Alexander the greats achievements were conquering other lands and to have war
They believed this was a form of exploration and bringing civilisation to uncharted and ungoverned lands with no apparent organisation.