10 sentences with 'transformation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word transformation and other words derived from it.
• « Over the course of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution supported and enabled Europe's transformation from regional power to global hegemon. »
• « However, despite the importance of the Peloponnesian War for the transformation of ancient Greece, it is worth noting that not all the polis participated in the war, and there were years of truce and skirmishing during which even the main antagonists did not actively campaign. »
• « Although still highly decentralised by the standards of later periods, the kingdoms began the gradual process of transformation into more organised states. »
• « Europe began a long period of transformation and growth from around 1000 CE that resulted in significant economic expansion, population growth and cultural achievement. »
• « The transformation of the French state from a conventional Renaissance-era monarchy to an absolutist monarchy began under the reign of Louis XIII, son of Henry IV (the victor of the French Wars of Religion). »
• « Ultimately, this would see Britain's transformation from a secondary political power to a more important rival of France in the 18th century. »
• « As noted in the absolutism debate, the Prussian royal line, the Hohenzollerns, oversaw Prussia's transformation from a poor, backward collection of lands in northern Germania into a military great power, essentially putting all state expenditure into the pursuit of military perfection. »
• « Ivan IV the Terrible's overall goal was the transformation of Russian nobles - called boyars - into servants of the state, in which their power was based solely on their loyalty to the Tsar. »
• « Russia's transformation and engagement with the rest of Europe began in earnest under Tsar Peter I (the Great), r. 1682 - 1725. »
• « The French Revolution was a radical political transformation of what had been one of the most traditional and powerful of the great European states in the space of a few short years. »