6 sentences with 'inherited'
Example sentences and phrases with the word inherited and other words derived from it.
• « The Greeks and Romans inherited this Egyptian knowledge of the use of flower essences and used them extensively. »
• « Pigs have inherited sets of dna that originated in rodents; skunks in North America are born with dna that came from the South American squirrel monkey; trout have genes acquired, it is not known how, from birds. »
• « Likewise, the Greeks did not invent "civilisation" per se; they inherited things like agriculture and writing from their neighbours. »
• « The Babylonians inherited the scientific traditions of ancient Mesopotamia, becoming the greatest astronomers and mathematicians yet seen, able to predict eclipses and keep very detailed calendars. »
• « Darius I inherited the conquests of his predecessors and personally oversaw the conquest of the northern part of the Indus River valley in northwest India, marking the first time in world history that one state ruled over three of the major river systems of ancient history (i.e. the Nile, Mesopotamia and the Indus). »