Little evidence remains that this broad, central plain, open to the sea at either end, was once covered with rich forests whose timber was coveted by ancient conquerors for their sailing vessels.

But he remained both proud of his effort to turn the ancient Macedonian conqueror into a modern cinematic hero and fascinated by the historical details and contemporary implications of Alexander's story.

The lower-aristocratic portion Sassanid Persian society was dominated by the Azatan, who guarded their status as descendants of ancient Aryan conquerors.

It was in the ancient conquerors who built up piles of skulls and spread fear through the world.

Babylon was the ancient conqueror of the kingdom of Judah and the place where the Jewish people were exiled.

Scholars prefer a Uralic homeland of ancient Hungarian conquerors (mainly on linguistic grounds and recent genetic researches of ancient fossils) rather than a Central Asian.

But its leader, Albert Kuvezin, started out playing in rock bands, and Yat-Kha puts some rock beats behind songs about steppes, reindeer, ancient conquerors and pretty girls.

Archaeological remnants of ancient European conquerors have been found on the island: from the ancient times of Greece and Rome to the Napoleonic times.

The Kerry blue eyes, the pale blond hair had undoubtedly been passed on by some ancient Viking conqueror.

For the first time in millennia, the ancient conquerors of the barbarian warlords of Kzin-home commanded their own warship.