Sentence examples for modern towns from inspiring English sources

Most of them are also local commercial centres, and some are developing into larger and more modern towns.

The Itsekiri make up an appreciable proportion of the modern towns of Sapele, Warri, Burutu, and Forcados.

But, with its modern towns and brutal industrial sites, there's no pretending this is an attractive stretch of coastline.

In fact, the turbulent history of the country favoured some of these early settlements, which grew into modern towns and cities.

The archeology shows, then, that the "Neolithic package" of domestication and agriculture did not lead to settled communities, the ancestors of our modern towns and cities and states.

As well as laying ancient cities to ruin, Isis rampaged over modern towns and villages in the area until the fight to reclaim them began six weeks ago by Iraqi forces and Kurdish peshmerga.

The modern town lies below the caves.

Otaru developed as a modern town in the late 19th century.

The modern town has metalworking, chemical, and food-processing plants.

The modern town was laid out in 1279.

The site is occupied by the modern town of Khairónia, Greece.