Sentence examples for empire beginning from inspiring English sources

It has been argued that the orderly and dignified ending of the British Empire, beginning in the 1940s and stretching into the 1960s, was Britain's greatest international achievement.

The pope lamented the "disastrous sack of the imperial city of Constantinople," the massacre and pillaging of the heart of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1204.

But it was during the Roman Empire – beginning in the first century BC and lasting another 400 years – that Palmyra rose to prominence.

This course will provide a general introduction to the Persian Empire, beginning in the 6th century BCE to the fall of Persia to Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.

Through the lenses of law, history, anthropology, and sustainability science, the course will chart the progression of the American empire, beginning with a brief exploration of pre-contact Pacific cultures, through early colonization, World War II, and the Cold War, to present day, including the intersection of empire and climate change.

The foundations of the Pax Mongolica lie in the Mongol Empire beginning with Genghis Khan in the early 13th century.

The Elamite military empire began to shrink rapidly.

Little by little, the Khmer empire began to contract.

In September 1975, Empire began regularly scheduled flights between Utica and Syracuse.

But last year his empire began to crumble.

Expansion of the Ottoman Empire began in the area under Selim I (reigned 1512 20).