Pillage: to steal something from a place or a person by using violence, esp. during war
Craftsman: a person who is skilled in a particular craft
Bring sb to heel: to force someone to obey you
Devastating: causing a lot of damage or destruction
Treaty: a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders
Fealty: loyalty, especially to a king or queen
Assimilate: to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc.
Retain: to keep or continue to have something
Illegitimate: not legal
Descendant: a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild
Pledge: to make a serious or formal promise to give or do something
Usurper: a person who usurps (= takes control of) something, especially a position of power, without having the right
Treacherous: A person who is treacherous deceives someone who trusts them, or has no loyalty
Recruit: to persuade someone to work for a company or become a new member of an organization, especially the army
Cavalry: the group of soldiers in an army who fight in tanks, or (especially in the past) on horses
Warfare: the activity of fighting a war, often including the weapons and methods that are used
Rank: a position in an organization, such as the army, showing the importance of the person having it
March: advance
Scout: a person, especially a soldier, sent out to get information about where the enemy are and what they are doing
Shield: in the past, a large, flat object made of metal or leather that soldiers held in front of their bodies to protect themselves
Outnumber: number more than
Ineffective: not producing the effects or results that are wanted
Entrench: dig a trench
Feign: fake, pretend
Retreat: to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger
Distraction: something that prevents someone from giving their attention to something else
Slaughter: the killing of many people cruelly and unfairly, especially in a war
Loyalty: allegiance
Influence: to affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks
Colonial: relating to colonialism
Merge: become one
Fortification: reinforced military battlement
Abandonment: the act of leaving someone or something or of ending or stopping something, usually forever
Gateway: an entrance through a wall, fence, etc. where there is a gate
Inhabit: to live in a place
Demolish: to completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else.
Severed: cut off physically
