8 sentences with 'exploitation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word exploitation and other words derived from it.
• « Thanks in large part to the European conquest of the Americas and the exploitation of its resources and peoples, Europe went from being a region of little economic and military power and importance to one of the most formidable in the centuries that followed. »
• « By 1256 the Seljuk territories had been crushed by the Mongols and a period of decades of brutal exploitation and plunder ensued. »
• « The prevailing theory of Social Darwinism was that charity or "artificial" controls on the exploitation of workers such as trade unions would lead to the survival of the unfit, which in turn would cause the decline of the human species. »
• « Mines and plantations were crucial to this phase of imperialism in Africa and Asia, as they had been to the early European exploitation of the Americas. »
• « In addition to forms of labour exploitation, European powers imposed "frontiers" where none had existed, dividing existing kingdoms, tribes and cultures and arbitrarily grouping different ones together. »
• « In a somewhat ironic twist, only some specific forms and areas of exploitation ever made a profit for Europeans, especially European governments. Numerous private trading companies founded to exploit colonial areas went bankrupt. »
• « Marco Polo described in his "Book of Wonders" the intense activity of that empire, the exploitation of the mines, the manufacture of gold cloth... and noodles. Later, on his return to his homeland, he introduced his compatriots to the art of kneading dough. »
• « Justo José de Urquiza was born in Entre Ríos in 1801. As a young man, he dedicated himself to commerce, rural exploitation and politics. »