9 sentences with 'expansion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word expansion and other words derived from it.
• « The pulse is the rhythmic expansion and contraction of an artery as blood is pumped from the heart. »
• « The heat of the lightning causes a rapid expansion of the air, and this in turn causes a great shock wave: the roar, pop and rumble of thunder. That's what we hear. »
• « Christianity was at the heart of scholarship and learning for centuries. It also justified the aggressive expansion of European kingdoms. »
• « Most of the world, however, was off-limits to large-scale European expansion. Not only were there prosperous and sophisticated kingdoms in many regions of Africa, but (in an ironic reversal of the impact of European diseases on Americans) African diseases ensured that would-be European explorers and conquerors could not penetrate beyond the shores of most of sub-Saharan Africa in its entirety. »
• « That energy was the basis for a vast and dramatic expansion of European technology, wealth and military power, this time built not on the backs of pure slaves, but on subsistence wage labourers. »
• « Pyramid building itself was the impetus behind the massive expansion of bureaucracy in the Old Kingdom, as the state became synonymous with the diversion and redistribution of resources needed to maintain a huge mobilised workforce. »
• « In turn, Zoroastrianism provided a spiritual justification for the expansion of the Persian Empire. »
• « Because the great kings believed that they were the earthly representatives of Ahura Mazda, they claimed that the expansion of the empire would bring the final triumph of good over evil sooner. »
• « The Celts provide a background context for the rise of Rome, as Roman expansion would end Celtic independence in most of Europe. »