6 sentences with 'shifted'
Example sentences and phrases with the word shifted and other words derived from it.
• « By the time of the reign of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pilezer III (r. 745 - 727 BC), the Assyrians had shifted their borders to the Mediterranean in the west and Persia (present-day Iran) in the east. »
• « By the time the Western Roman Empire fell, the centre of power in the Roman Empire had long since shifted eastwards: in short, by the 5th century CE most of the wealth and power was concentrated in the eastern half of the empire. »
• « Once the last remnants of Roman power west of the Balkans died out at the end of the 5th century CE, the history of Europe shifted to the period still referred to as 'medieval', meaning 'middle' (between). »
• « The Mongols established a kingdom known as Il-Khanate in Persia in 1256, but it was not until 1295 that the Mongol ruler Ghazan, the first to convert to Islam, shifted Mongol priorities from plundering expeditions to more conventional government and taxation. »
• « Spain also missed out on the subsequent economic expansion of Western Europe; the war had undermined the economy of Central Europe, and the centre of economic dynamism thus shifted to the Atlantic coast, especially France, England and the Netherlands. »
• « Many developments in the early part of the Scientific Revolution occurred in Catholic countries such as Italy, but over time the centre of scientific development shifted north and west. »