Sentence examples for empire declined from inspiring English sources

No capable rulers followed Henry, and the Latin empire declined.

When Aurangzeb died in 1707, his empire declined rapidly.

That custom ended as the Mogul empire declined, and the British empire began to coalesce.

As one empire declined and fell, another burgeoned to the extent that the Derby manager believes United could win all five trophies for which they are competing.

What was the original Crimean war all about It began against a backdrop of Russian expansionism as the Ottoman Empire declined.

The roots of their ascendancy can be traced to the Ottomans' need for skilled negotiators as the power of their empire declined.

This is exactly how an empire declines, by allowing others to take advantage of its own exertions.

The simple explanation is that we've gone corrupt and decadent, and as the vitality of the American empire declines its capital grows more splendid.

But the system of road transport was dependent on the Roman, Chinese, and Mauryan empires, and, as these great empires declined in the early Christian era, the trade routes became routes of invasion.

You write that Haffner was an "admirer of the classics" and thus "wanted to understand what caused the great empires' decline".

Lawyers for Robert Pritzker, and for Tom, Nick and Penny Pritzker -- the triumvirate that now runs the family business empire -- declined to comment on the motion.