7 sentences with 'brief'
Example sentences and phrases with the word brief and other words derived from it.
• « The brief but euphoric period of contact between them in Europe at that time and shortly after the war created the opinion that Russians and Americans were much alike. »
• « Eventually (from 1225 BC onwards), Assyria led a brief period of conquest that conquered Babylon and the Kassites, going on to rule a united Mesopotamia before being forced to retreat against the backdrop of a wider collapse of the Bronze Age political and commercial network. »
• « The mere fact that the Greeks had not been able to forge an empire except during the brief period of Alexander's conquests seemed to the Romans to be proof that they did not possess an equivalent degree of virtue. »
• « 2. The Flavian dynasty: 69 - 96 CE. - a father and his two sons who took power after a brief civil war. »
• « After Nero's death, a brief civil war broke out. Four generals vied for emperor, supported by their armies. »
• « In 656 Uthman died, the victim of a brief Egyptian rebellion against the Arabs. Ali was elected as the next caliph, apparently ending the dispute over who should lead the Ummah. Unfortunately for Muslim unity, however, a significant number of Arab leaders disagreed with Ali's policies and chose to support a potential rival caliph, a relative of Uthman's named Muawiya, a member of the Umayyad clan that ruled Syria. »