Sentence examples for fall of nations from inspiring English sources

"If the 20th century witnessed the rise and fall of nations over oil, the 21st century could be one in which the rise and fall of nations is determined by water," he added.

In November 2003 and February 2004 the Politburo held special sessions on the rise and fall of nations since the 15th century.

The maps present even the untutored eye with a cornucopia of information about the rise and fall of nations, exploration and the wonders of geology.

In one of the first accounts of the region, the American explorer John Lloyd Stephens wrote: "Here were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and peculiar people, who had passed through all the stages incident to the rise and fall of nations; reached their golden age, and perished, entirely unknown".

And this door is held wide open by critics, our cultural gatekeepers, who, not understanding the rise and fall of nations, accelerate our fall by lauding Breaking Bad as "raw" and "daring".

I thought this kind of thinking went out with the fall of Communist nations like Czechoslovakia, where citizens were encouraged to report on their neighbors and in some cases even family members.

As Scipio surveyed the burning city and meditated on the fall of great nations, he wept and, grasping the hand of Polybius (the historian himself records the incident), said: "it is glorious, but I have a dread foreboding that some time the same doom will be pronounced upon my own country".

That book was a great recap of the rise and fall of great nations.

Moderates' views are based in life experience, observations about human nature, and the rise and fall of great nations.

A14 THE FOUNDATION -- The fall of the nation's largest Muslim charity, Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, was remarkably steep after the government froze its assets last week, calling it a terrorist front.

The fall of the nation's largest Muslim charity was remarkably steep, given the vigorous battle it has waged over the years to transform itself from an organization that openly and aggressively supported the Palestinian uprising into a modern and prosperous philanthropic machine, thriving in the mainstream.