Sentence examples for empire to collapse from inspiring English sources

In China, Mikhail Gorbachev is known as the leader who led an empire to collapse.

It is perfectly clear, as the authors argue, that the Great Powers did not want the Ottoman Empire to collapse into chaos.

The consolation will be a holiday in Rome, "the last great empire to collapse under a mountain of debt, a devalued currency and out-of-control spending," as Hedgeable's website has it, and an appearance on CNBC, a financial-news network.

The empires then compete with each other, which cause the weak empires to collapse and the powerful empires to dominate and overtake their colonies.

For me, anyway, they read as eerily prescient symbols of an empire about to collapse.

Things were at their worst in the 260s, but the entire period from 235 to 284 brought the empire close to collapse.

The series becomes more gripping as it takes darker turns, as the price of the railroad stock falls, and Melmotte's paper empire begins to collapse.

If the debt-ridden Bavarian-based Kirch media empire were to collapse, as it may, that would tarnish Mr Stoiber's credentials still more, since its main creditor is the state-controlled Bayerische Landesbank.Moreover, some of Mr Stoiber's policies seem unclear or contradictory.

But then, around 800 C.E., the Maya empire began to collapse and its kings soon disappeared; by 1000 C.E., most of its great cities and temples lay in ruins.

The eastern borders of Alexander's empire began to collapse even during his lifetime.

If the fossil fuel empire were to collapse, participants wondered, what would follow?