9 sentences with 'closely'
Example sentences and phrases with the word closely and other words derived from it.
• « - Cities: note that in English, the very word "civilisation" is closely related to the word "civic", meaning "having to do with cities" as in "civic government" or "civic duty". »
• « That said, history and archaeology remain closely intertwined, especially since so few written records remain from the remote past that most historians of the ancient world also conduct archaeological research, and all archaeologists are also at least familiar with the relevant histories of their areas of study. »
• « Civic virtue, closely related to the modern concept of patriotism, was the influential power and idea because it would continue throughout the Greek Classical Age, be passed down through the conquests of Alexander the Great, and eventually become one of the most important, if not the only, ethical norms of the Roman Republic and Empire. Ultimately, it would go on to influence thinkers and politicians to the present day. »
• « The one factor common to all Greek colonies was that they were rarely far from the sea. They were so closely tied to the idea of a shared Greek civilisation and the need to rely on the sea for trade routes was so strong that the colonists were not generally interested in trying to move inland. »
• « In turn, the Medes ruled a collection of closely related clans known as the Persians, who would go on to rule territories far beyond the heart of Iran. »
• « Then, in 550 BCE, a Persian leader, Cyrus II the Great, led the Persians against the Medes and conquered them (in practice, there was little distinction between the two groups, since they were so closely related and similar; the Greeks often confused them when writing about them). »
• « The Romans were just a group of 'Latins', central Italians who spoke dialects closely related to Latin. »