7 sentences with 'source'
Example sentences and phrases with the word source and other words derived from it.
• « North of Mesopotamia lies the beginning of the great steppes of Central Asia, the source of unlimited and almost uninterrupted invasions throughout ancient history. »
• « The essential source of energy for the Egyptians was therefore something that could be predicted and planned for in a way that was impossible in Mesopotamia. »
• « The history of the ancient Hebrews is a difficult subject. The most important source we have on it is the Hebrew Bible itself, which describes in detail the tribulations of the Hebrews, their slavery, battles, triumphs and achievements. »
• « The problem with using the Hebrew Bible as a historical source is that it is written in a mythical form - like the literature of all other Iron Age civilisations, many events affecting the Hebrews are explained by direct divine intervention rather than a more prosaic historical approach. »
• « Thanks in part to the work of Herodotus and Thucydides, history became such an important discipline to the Greeks that they believed that Clio, one of the divine muses, the source of inspiration for thought and artistic creation, was the patron of history specifically. »