6 sentences with 'adopting'
Example sentences and phrases with the word adopting and other words derived from it.
• « Unlike the Egyptians, the Hittites had a practice of adopting the customs, technologies and religions of the peoples they conquered and came into contact with. »
• « Many textbooks on Western civilisation begin with the ancient Greeks. However, as noted in the introduction to this book, there are some problems with adopting such an approach, not least the fact that starting with the Greeks overlooks the fact that the Greeks did not invent the essential elements of civilisation itself. »
• « The Romans regarded the Celts as barbarians, but they were thought to be barbarians who were at least capable of assimilating and adopting the 'true' civilisation of the Romans. »
• « What is clear is that the Parthians deliberately built on the achievements of the earlier Achaemenid and Seleucid periods, adopting the title of king of kings, basing their empire (from 120 BC) on Ctesiphon, a city near Babylon in Mesopotamia, and ruling over a shifting confederation of both the settled peoples of Mesopotamia and Persia itself and nomadic tribal confederations. »
• « The Teutonic Knights were a chivalric order founded during the Third Crusade in a hospital in the Latin city of Acre. They were inspired by the Templars, adopting their 'rule' (their code of conduct) and spent most of the 12th century crusading in the Holy Land. »
• « Unlike many other missionary orders, the Jesuits distinguished themselves not only by learning the native languages of the people they served, but also by adopting their customs. »