8 sentences with 'overthrown'
Example sentences and phrases with the word overthrown and other words derived from it.
• « Although they began as 'foreigners', the Hyksos quickly adopted the practices of the Egyptian kings they had overthrown, using Egyptian scribes to keep records in hieroglyphs, worshipping local gods and generally behaving like Egyptians. »
• « 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. »
• « The Romans' antipathy to kings was so great that no Roman leader would call himself Rex - king - even after the Republic was finally overthrown centuries later. »
• « Each member of the Triumvirate wanted something specific: Caesar was hungry for glory and wealth and hoped to be appointed to lead the Roman armies against the Celts in Western Europe, Crassus wanted to lead the armies against Parthia (i.e. the "new" Persian empire that had long since overthrown Seleucid rule in Persia itself), and Pompey wanted the Senate to authorise land and wealth for his troops. »
• « In AD 224 the last Parthian ruler was overthrown by Ardashir I, the leader of the Sassanid clan, and Persian history entered a new phase under Sassanid rule. »
• « These kingdoms lasted a remarkably long time; the Teutonic Order ruled Livonia until 1561, when it was finally overthrown. Thus, for several centuries, the map of Europe included the strange spectacle of a theocratic state: one ruled directly by monk-knights, with no king, prince or lord above them. »
• « From the perspective of the elites, Napoleon's conquests were even worse because everywhere the French armies went the traditional social order was overthrown. »