Most of the subcontinent was conquered by the Maurya Empire during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.

Most of Silesia was conquered by Prussia in 1742, later becoming part of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany up to 1945.

* Most of West Frisia ( later known as Holland ) is conquered by imperial German armies and given to the Bishop of Utrecht.

Most of these conquered territories had to be given up during the 18th century.

Most of Cumberland and Westmorland are missing because they were not conquered until some time after the survey, and County Durham is lacking as the Bishop of Durham ( William de St-Calais ) had the exclusive right to tax Durham ; parts of the north east of England were covered by the 1183 Boldon Book, which listed those areas liable to tax by the Bishop of Durham.

Most fortified cities and castles were conquered by Gustav's rebels, but the strongholds with the best defences, including Stockholm, were still under Danish control.

Most of Baol was conquered by the French in 1874, however complete control of the former kingdom was not gained by France until 1895.

Most dramatic was the victory in Vietnam in 1975 when North Vietnam invaded and conquered South Vietnam ; American forces were involved only to rescue American supporters.

Most of the vassals chose Toompea for their residence – living in their estates in the conquered countryside was deemed too dangerous ; by the end of 13th century the Great Castle was densely populated.

Most historians say that large sums of money and promises of vast properties and governorships of provinces were offered to commanders of Hassan's army who left him, one of which was ubaydallah ibn al abbas, the commander of Imam Hassan army and that Muawiyah was not interested in the functions of preaching piety or theology but in expanding his sphere of influence in the territories already conquered by the Muslims and in further conquests to the north and north west of Syria.

Most of the areas ruled by the Ottomans were explicitly mentioned in the official full style of the sultan, including various lofty titles adopted to emphasize imperial rank and show the empire as being " successor-in-law " to conquered states.

Most Genoese territories were conquered by the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.

Most Former Qin officials suggested a refusal, but Wang reminded Fu Jiān that if Huan conquered Former Yan and added its territory to Jin's, Former Qin would not be able to stand.

Most notably Demmin, the Principality of Gützkow and Wolgast were conquered in the following years.

Most devastating of the departures and defections-both to Yuan Shu personally and to the strength of his forces-was that of Sun Ce, who had recently conquered most of the Jiangdong territory under Yuan's banner.

Most of these are purely geographical claims, but he does mention that Eratosthenes ' sources say that some of the Greek kings conquered further than Alexander ; Strabo does not believe them on this, but modern historians do ; nor does he believe that Menander and Demetrius son of Euthydemus conquered more tribes than Alexander There is half a story about Menander in one of the books of Polybius which has not come down to us intact.

Most of Hungary was eventually conquered in 1526 at the Battle of Mohács.

Most Novgorodian boyars wished to maintain the Republic's independence since if Novgorod was to be conquered, the boyars ' wealth would flow to the grand prince and his Muscovite boyars and the Novgorodians would fall into decline.

** Most of Silesia was conquered by Prussia in 1740 – 1742 and the remnants which stayed under Habsburg sovereignty were ruled as Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia ( Austrian Silesia ).

Most of domains they had conquered were divided by Hideyoshi and the Shimazu clan managed to retain only Satsuma Province and Osumi Province.

Most of Zhetysu was conquered by the Russian Empire from Kokand and the Kazakh Great Horde before the outbreak of the Crimean War, which delayed the southern advance.

Most of those territories had been ceded to it by the secret agreement portion of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany.

Most enduring of Polish culinary traditions are the pierogies, which the recourse to the Ruthenians | Ruthenian culinary traditions of the former Polish eastern territories ( Kresy ).

Most of the Chiefs whose territories the " Protectorate " subsumed did not enter into it voluntarily.

) Most of these territories were in effect ceded to the German Empire, which intended to have them become economically dependent on and politically closely tied to the empire under various German kings and dukes.

Most of them were resettled to the newly annexed Polish territories.

Most Northern Whigs, led by William Henry Seward who delivered his famous " Higher Law " speech during the controversy, opposed the Compromise as well because it would not have applied the Wilmot Proviso to the western territories and because of the new fugitive slave law, which would have pressed ordinary citizens into duty on slave-hunting patrols.

Most of the remaining Ukrainian schools also switched to Polish or Russian, in the territories controlled by these respective countries, which was followed by a new wave of Polonization and Russification of the native nobility.

Most political parties in the various territories aligned themselves into one of two Federal political parties – the West Indies Federal Labour Party ( led by Grantley Adams of Barbados and Norman Manley of Jamaica ) and the Democratic Labour Party ( led by Manley's cousin, Sir Alexander Bustamante ).

Most small territories designated as principalities during feudal eras were allodial, e. g. the Princedom of Dombes.

They were refugees from former Byzantine or Venetian territories that were occupied by the Ottomans in the late 15th and 16th c. The first Greek community was established in Ancona early in the 16th c. Natalucci, the 17th c. historian of the city, notes the existence of 200 Greek families in Ancona at the opening of the 16th c. Most of them came from northwestern Greece, i. e. the Ionian islands and Epirus.

Most of West Prussia and the former Prussian Province of Posen, territories annexed by Prussia in the 18th century Partitions of Poland, were ceded to the Second Polish Republic according to the Treaty of Versailles.

Most of these territories have been located within Eastern Europe, however, as depicted in the maps in the gallery below, has also at times extended well into Eurasia and southeastern Europe.

Most of the time, honey possums will stick to separate territories of about one hectare ( 2. 5 acres ), outside of the breeding season.

Most of its results came from military and commercial intelligence collected through networks in neutral countries, occupied territories, and Russia.

Most notably, France retained all of the territory which it possessed as of 1 January 1792, and also was returned many of the territories lost to Britain during the war.

Most species nest in open areas, and defend their territories with aerial displays.

Most remain sedentary in their territories, which are held by pairs, but some move into suitable habitat during the wet season only.

Most were born in Canada, the United States, or in Spanish-governed Mexican territories, although some European immigrants also moved west in search of financial opportunity, and the French and British both had long-standing active fur-trading industries in Canada.

Most Marsh Tits stay in their breeding territories year-round ; presumably this is related to their food-storing strategy.

Most of the migrants defend winter territories against conspecifics.

Most of the sparsely populated territories outside the urbanized areas were used for deer herding.

Most often postal services began in the first half of the 17th century serving the first American colonies ; today, the United States Postal Service is a large government organization providing a wide range of services across the U. S. and its territories abroad.

Most of the territories, including all the larger ones, are now independent as separate countries with membership to many international forums such as the Organization of American States, the Association of Caribbean States, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, the Caribbean Community, the Commonwealth of Nations and the Caribbean Development Bank among others.