8 sentences with 'transition'
Example sentences and phrases with the word transition and other words derived from it.
• « One of the noteworthy aspects of this transition is that people who hunted and gathered actually had much more leisure time than farmers (and were also healthier and lived longer). »
• « The region was also much more temperate and fertile than it is today, and the transition from hunting and gathering to large-scale agriculture was possible in Mesopotamia in a way that was not possible in most other regions of the ancient world. »
• « It should be noted that, despite the relatively 'enlightened' nature of Persian rule, rebellions (often beginning in Egypt) did occur, especially during periods of transition or civil war between rival claimants to the throne. »
• « The Athenian leader in charge during the transition to this phase was Pericles (495 - 429 BC), an aristocrat who dominated Athenian politics but who fell short of seizing power as previous tyrants had done. »
• « The classical period saw a transition from symbolic statuary, most of which was used in tomb decoration in the Archaic period, to lifelike representations of human beings. »
• « The Crusades serve as one of the iconic points of transition from the High Middle Ages to the Late Middle Ages, in which Europe's localised, barter-based economy was transformed into a more dynamic commercial economic system. »
• « The Turks began the transition from steppe nomads to rulers of settled kingdoms in the 10th century, culminating in the Seljuk invasion of the 11th century. »
• « Thus Gobineau represents a transition in 19th century conservatism away from the theological and traditional justifications of social hierarchy of a De Maistre or Burke and towards pseudo-scientific claims about the supposed biological superiority of some people over others. »