10 sentences with 'settlements'
Example sentences and phrases with the word settlements and other words derived from it.
• « Human settlements and ships sailing in the Antarctic area contribute the oil derivatives responsible for the pollution. Penguins know something about it. More than once they have suffered from their "smokings" being irreparably oiled and their whole life drowned in black spots. »
• « The food surplus that agriculture made possible in the Fertile Crescent eventually led to the emergence of the first large settlements. »
• « Some of the first settlements that were large enough to be towns or even small cities were Jericho in Palestine, which existed around 8000 BC, and Çatal Höyük in Turkey, which existed around 7500 BC. »
• « There were certainly many other settlements in the Fertile Crescent, but because of their antiquity the remains of only a few - Jericho and Çatal Höyük most importantly - have survived to be studied by archaeologists. »
• « One strong possibility is that there was a sustained civil war between Mycenaean palace settlements that resulted in a fatal disruption of the economic environment that was essential to their very existence. »
• « The Olympics were extraordinary not only because of their longevity, but because they were attended by Greeks from all over the world from Greek settlements, travelling from as far away as Sicily and the Black Sea. »
• « The Athenians, in turn, attacked Spartan settlements and positions overseas and used their navy to bring in supplies. »
• « Philip II attacked neighbouring Greek settlements and seized gold mines in northern Greece, which he paid his soldiers and paid to equip them as well. »
• « Both the new cities founded by Alexander the Great and his successors and the ancient Greek settlements along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean grew and prospered. »
• « In 844 more than 150 ships sailed up the River Garonne in southern France, plundering settlements along the way. »