Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Zvombo zvepamusoro zvikuru zvenyika yokuMadokero zvakavaunzira 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, Hondo yeAnglo-Zanzibar
ra1896, rakapedzwa nokukurumidza nokupfura kwezvikepe zvehondo zveBritain. Mafungiro asina kunaka pamusoro pevarwi vakagadzirirwa kutarisana nevanopisa zvombo zvine simba zvikuru ndeyekutanga kweshoko rokuti "chikafu chemagandanga", rakatanga kushandiswa naFrançois-René de Chateaubriand, muna 1814; zvisinei, pfungwa yekuona varwi se "chikafu chepoda" yakataurwa naWilliam Shakespeare kare kare muna 1598, muHenry IV, Chikamu 1.