6 sentences with 'forts'
Example sentences and phrases with the word forts and other words derived from it.
• « Kings continued this pattern, holding on to Nubian territory and building a series of forts and garrisons to ensure the rapid extraction of Nubian wealth. »
• « Subsequent crusades were far less successful. The problem was that, once they had formed their territories, the Westerners had to hold on to them with little more than a series of forts up and down the coast. »
• « From there, they sailed to Alaska and then down the west coast of North America, establishing small churches and forts, but without colonising the territory (i.e., for the most part, they did not stay and establish families). »
• « The Portuguese, while seeking a trade route to India, also established forts along the West African coast in order to export slaves to Europe. »
• « After the war, British troops took over the former French forts but failed to curry favour with the local tribes by distributing large gifts, as the French had done. »