9 sentences with 'revolution'
Example sentences and phrases with the word revolution and other words derived from it.
• « Between 1935 and 1939 another great medical revolution was to take place: the introduction of sulphonamides and antibiotics, especially penicillin, discovered by the British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming. »
• « None of this would have been possible without the technological and energy revolution brought about by industrialism. »
• « Historians do not know why he attempted this religious revolution, but one reasonable theory is that he was trying to reduce the power of the priests, who had become increasingly rich and powerful over the centuries at the expense of the pharaohs themselves. »
• « Akhenaten's attempted revolution was a disaster. In the eyes of the common people and later pharaohs, it had fundamentally undermined the very stability of Egypt. »
• « The first step towards violent revolution in the Roman Republic was the work of the Gracchus brothers - historically remembered as the Gracchi. »
• « The medieval agricultural revolution had enormous long-term consequences for peasants and ultimately for European society as a whole, thanks to increased animal power and the effects of crop rotation, existing fields became much more productive. »
• « The population increase linked to the agricultural revolution had another consequence: beyond simply improving the lives of peasants and increasing family size, it led to the growth of towns and cities. »
• « While the agricultural revolution laid the foundations for growth and the cities took advantage of it, other factors led to the economic boom of this period. »
• « The medieval agricultural revolution led to an expansion of population, urbanisation and economy, advances in education and scholarship resulted in higher literacy rates and a more sophisticated intellectual life, and Europe was free of large-scale invasions. »