Sentence examples for colonial prominence from inspiring English sources

It captures Japan at a crucial time in its history, on the cusp of opening its borders and becoming a world power, and catches Holland as its own colonial prominence is waning.

Morris came to prominence in Colonial America by making a pile of money in the shipping industry.

The city's commercial prominence dates from colonial times, when it was the scene of large pastoral fairs.

Zoroastrians (the Parsis), largely concentrated in Mumbai and in coastal Gujarat, wield influence out of all proportion to their small numbers because of their prominence during the colonial period.

Social themes have gained in prominence in post-colonial India and serve to raise people's consciousness on issues such as India's independence movement, organ donation and family planning.

One of the first confrontations between young Burmese nationalists and the British colonial authorities, it gained Nu national prominence.

Founded in 1606 as Real Villa de San Felipe de Austria ("Royal Town of St. Philip of Austria"), Oruro rose to prominence during the Spanish colonial period as the centre of a rich silver-mining region.

"Adichie writes of the complex aftermath of Nigeria's colonial history and her nation's rise to prominence in an era when immigration to the west no longer means a one-way ticket," she continues.

Most of the new officials in the Central Committee were from the second generation of Vietnamese revolutionaries who gained prominence during Vietnam's struggle against French colonial rule in the 1940s and 1950s.

Geita first came into prominence as the site of a German colonial gold mine in 1900s.

In a career that paralleled the postwar disintegration of colonial empires in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Mr. Vergès rose to prominence in the late 1950s defending Algerians accused of terrorist bombings.