By saying that "“The day of conquest and aggrandizement is gone by" Wilson is saying that it is time for a new world order, in which territorial conquest isn't the norm. Unfortunately he was proved wrong.
The government of ancient Egypt was a theocratic monarchy as the king ruled by a mandate from the gods, initially was seen as an intermediary between human beings and the divine, and was supposed to represent the gods' will through the laws passed and policies approved.
George Rogers Clark captured the west from the British