Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mfuti dzakakwirira dzenyika dzokuMadokero dzakavaunzira zvikomborero zvikuru muhondo. Somuenzaniso, muOpium War muChina, muzana remakore rechi19, ngarava dzehondo dzeBritain dzakarwisa nzvimbo dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa nezvivako zviri kure, dzisina kukanganiswa nezvombo zveChina. Nenzira yakafanana, hondo pfupi zvikurusa munhau yakanyorwa, ye
Hondo yeAnglo-Zanzibar ya 1896, yakaunzwa kumhedziso inokurumidza nokupfura kubva kuzvikepe zvehondo zveBritain. Mafungiro asina kunaka pamusoro pevarwi vakagadzirirwa kutarisana nevanonyanya kusimba mumunda wezvombo ndeyekutanga kweshoko rokuti "zvokudya zvepfuti", rakatanga kushandiswa naFrançois-René de Chateaubriand, muna 1814; zvisinei, pfungwa yekuona varwi sechinhu chisiri chinhu kunze kwe "zvokudya zvepoda" yakataurwa naWilliam Shakespeare kare kare muna 1598, muHenry IV, Chikamu 1.