8 sentences with 'forming'
Example sentences and phrases with the word forming and other words derived from it.
• « Solomon was an effective ruler, forming trading relationships with nearby kingdoms and overseeing Israel's growing wealth. »
• « By the 7th century BC, a powerful collection of clans, the Medes, dominated Persia, forming an empire with little government. »
• « Subsequently, Celtic invaders tended to settle around 200 BCE, often forming distinct smaller kingdoms within larger lands, such as the region called Galatia in Anatolia, and serving as mercenary warriors for the Hellenistic kingdoms. »
• « Pompey reacted by forming an alliance with Crassus and Julius Caesar, who was a member of an old patrician family. This group of three is known in history as the First Triumvirate. »
• « Roman commanders were often from the heart of Italy, forming a direct link with the Roman centre. »
• « Charlemagne's empire at its height stretched from northern Spain to Bohemia (today's Czech Republic). Its main areas of conquest were in Central Europe, forming the first iteration of "Germany" as a state. »
• « Far more important to the historical record were the great patterns of state and society that formed in the early Middle Ages. Above all, the feudal system would have a long legacy in forming the basis of later political structures, and the Latin Church would be the essential European intellectual and spiritual institution for centuries to come. »
• « The idea was so appealing that not only knights but thousands of commoners responded, forming a "people's crusade" that marched towards Jerusalem, for the most part without weapons, armour or adequate supplies. »