7 sentences with 'mountains'
Example sentences and phrases with the word mountains and other words derived from it.
• « We look at the mountains of icy fire that dominate the landscape and remember that barely two centuries ago they did not exist. »
• « The old adage that "history is written by the victors" is simply not true: history has left behind mountains of evidence about the lives of those who had access to less personal autonomy than the social elites. These elites did much to write some of the most familiar historical narratives, but these traditional narratives have been subject to sustained criticism for several decades. »
• « Unlike Egypt or Mesopotamia, there were no great rivers to feed the fertile soil, only mountains, hills and scrub with poor, rocky soil. »
• « Invaders from the steppes of Central Asia and the mountains of Afghanistan also proved a constant threat to the empire's security, as did the Arab tribes of the southwest, long before they unified under the Islamic prophet Muhammad. »