Sentence examples for surrounding peoples from inspiring English sources

Tomis was a semi-Hellenized port exposed to periodic attacks by surrounding peoples.

The Afars who also live across the borders in Djibouti and Ethiopia are known to surrounding peoples as the Danakil, after the region that they inhabit.

The youngest son of another great Benin ruler, Ewuare the Great, Ozolua embarked on his systematic reduction of surrounding peoples from the moment he was named oba (king) in 1481.

The designation of 'Han' as an ethnicity came about from the contact of the Han Dynasty and successor peoples of the Central Plains, with the surrounding peoples.

The Spanish imposed colonial rule over Yucatán between 1527 and 1546, and over Verapaz from the 16th to the 17th centuries, leaving the area between – essentially Petén and much of Belize – independent long after surrounding peoples had been subjugated.

Penda's reign is significant in that it marks an emergence from the obscurity of Mercia during the time of his predecessors, both in terms of the power of the Mercians relative to the surrounding peoples and in terms of our historical awareness of them.

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The surrounding people appear oblivious to the movement.

The immensity of the hall's space makes an impact at all times, surrounding people with drama.

A sort of systematic dissociation between people and the surrounding landscape, people and the surrounding people.

The floats and the surrounding people are shown by cameras 4, 5 and 12.