12 sentences with 'invasion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word invasion and other words derived from it.
• « Also, the threat of invasion from both rival cities and foreigners (both 'barbarians' and more organised groups) threatened to disrupt whatever stability existed. »
• « The Babylonian empire founded by Hammurabi was overthrown by the Kassites (whose origins are unknown) in 1595 BC, the conquest following a Hittite invasion that sacked Babylon but did not stay to rule it. »
• « Their civilisations, which probably merged due to invasion after a long period of coexistence, were the basis of later Greek civilisation and thus a profound influence on many of the neighbouring civilisations of the Middle East in the centuries to come, just as the civilisations of the Middle East undoubtedly influenced them. »
• « The New Kingdom of Egypt survived the invasion of the 'Sea Peoples', some of whom historians say settled in Canaan (they are remembered in the Hebrew Bible as the Philistines against whom the early Hebrews fought), but the state was greatly weakened in the process. »
• « The Prophetic Movement lasted from the period before the Assyrian invasion of Israel through the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, from about 750 BCE - 550 BCE. »
• « In 513 BC Darius I led a gigantic invasion of Central Asia in an attempt to put an end to the Scythian incursions once and for all; he was forced to retreat without winning a decisive victory, but his army was still intact and he had added Thrace (modern Bulgaria) to the empire. »
• « However, Athens' decision to support the rebellion infuriated the Persians, and Darius began planning a full-scale invasion of Greece. »
• « Similarly, it took years to fully "activate" the Persian military machine; preparation for a full-scale invasion took a full decade to come to fruition. »
• « In 338 BC, following a full-scale Macedonian invasion, the Macedonian army crushed the coalition armies. »
• « Following the invasion, Philip II created a new league of Greek cities under his control and established troops throughout Greece. »
• « Philip II began to agitate for a Greek invasion of Persia under his leadership to "avenge" the Persian invasion of the previous century. »