In 690 BC the state of Qi conquered its neighbouring state of Ji (紀).

Within a century, the relatively new state had conquered the majority of the Armenian Highlands.

Various ancient states exacted tribute from the rulers of land which the state conquered or otherwise threatened to conquer.

During the Warring States period, the Chinese state of Chu conquered the area, and control later passed to the Dian Kingdom.

(If I had read deeply and concluded that I must inevitably die eight months hence, I doubt that any internal state could have conquered grief.)

The state is in origin a product of war and exists primarily as an enforced peace between conquerors and conquered.

In 221 BC, state of Qin forces from Shaanxi conquered all of the other six states, ending 800 years of warfare.

Between 1878 and 1898, European states partitioned and conquered most of Africa.

The absorption of neighboring local gods took place as the Roman state conquered the surrounding territory.

When the Qajar state conquered the Ardalan territory in 19th century, she and her family left for the Baban principality centered in Sulaymaniyah.