10 sentences with 'further'
Example sentences and phrases with the word further and other words derived from it.
• « Later, invaders called "bandit bands" from what is now Libya, west of Egypt, further undermined the kingdom, and it eventually fell into a long period of political fragmentation. »
• « The Phoenicians travelled further than any other ancient people; sometime around 600 BC, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, a Phoenician expedition even sailed around Africa in the course of three years (if that actually happened, it was an achievement that would not be reached again for nearly 2,000 years). »
• « Although the Phoenicians played an important role in initiating long-distance trade after the collapse of the Bronze Age, they did not create a strong united state. However, such a state emerged further east: only the Assyrian kingdom of northern Mesopotamia, the only one of the major Bronze Age states, survived. »
• « Darius I worked to change that. He expanded the empire further and, more importantly, consolidated royal power. »
• « Darius I died in 486 BCE, in the midst of preparations, which were further interrupted while his son Xerxes consolidated his power. »
• « Plato agreed with his teacher that there are essential truths, but he went further: because the senses can be deceived and because our perception is imperfect, only through the most serious contemplation and discussion can we arrive at truth. »
• « Critics claimed that it was impossible for him to have gone as far north as he claimed, because northern Greece was quite cold and there was no way humans could live further north than that. In practice, despite Pytheas' journey, the Greek world would still be defined by the shores of the Mediterranean. »
• « Alexander the Great had heard of Indian kingdoms even further east (i.e. towards the valley of the Ganges River, completely unknown to the Greeks before this point) and, being Alexander, he wanted to conquer them too. »