8 sentences with 'core'
Example sentences and phrases with the word core and other words derived from it.
• « That first generation of historians of Western civilisation succeeded in crafting what would become the core of history curricula for most of the 20th century in American colleges and universities, not to mention high schools. »
• « The other, related reason for the political framing of this textbook is that history has long since ceased to be a core subject in elementary through high school education in many parts of the United States. »
• « The core of the Persian army, its medium cavalry, fought effectively against the Athenians, but once the Athenian wings closed and forced the infantry back, the Persians were defeated. »
• « The core of the Persian army consisted of excellent cavalry from the Iranian plateau and Bactria (modern Afghanistan), but these were always a small minority of the total force. »
• « The core of the Hellenistic kingdoms were the new cities founded by Alexander the Great or, later, by Hellenistic monarchs. The greatest was Alexandria in Egypt, but there were equally great cities in the other kingdoms. »
• « Heraclius managed to save the core of the Byzantine empire, Anatolia and the Balkans, by recruiting free peasants to fight instead of relying on mercenaries. He also focused on Anatolia as the breadbasket of the empire, temporarily abandoning Egypt but keeping its people fed. »
• « The core of that message received by Muhammad was that the one true God, the God of Abraham, already revered by Jews and Christians, had called upon the Arabs to put aside their idols and unite in a community of worshippers. »
• « The numerous Germanic tribes that had dismantled the Western Roman Empire formed the core of the first political units of Western Christendom. »