conquest

noun

• the subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by use of military force:the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish
• a territory that has been gained by the use of subjugation and military force:colonial conquests
• (the Conquest) the invasion and assumption of control of England by William of Normandy in 1066. See also Norman Conquest.
• the overcoming of a problem or weakness:the conquest of inflation
• a person whose affection or favor has been won:someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest