6 sentences with 'crossroads'
Example sentences and phrases with the word crossroads and other words derived from it.
• « Through the multiple crossroads of their brains, human beings are definitely different from all other animals on Earth. »
• « Phoenician cities also served as crossroads for trade in goods that originated as far afield as England (metals were mined in England and transported to the Near East by overland routes). »
• « Constantinople was at the crossroads of the eastern and western halves of the Roman Empire, and all trade routes between Asia and Europe passed through its sphere of influence. »
• « Because of its location as a crossroads between east and west, Italian cities were larger and there were simply more of them compared to other kingdoms and regions of Europe, with the concomitant economic prosperity and sophistication associated with urban life. »
• « Europeans, of course, knew North Africa. The Mediterranean had served as the crossroads of the civilised Western world since ancient times, and although North Africa was ruled by Muslim kingdoms, Europeans regularly traded with Muslim merchants. »
• « To cite one example, the Indian Ocean had served as an oceanic crossroads of trade between Africa and Asia for thousands of years. »