6 sentences with 'map'
Example sentences and phrases with the word map and other words derived from it.
• « Anaximander created the first known map of the world that attempted to accurately represent distances and relationships between places. »
• « These kingdoms lasted a remarkably long time; the Teutonic Order ruled Livonia until 1561, when it was finally overthrown. Thus, for several centuries, the map of Europe included the strange spectacle of a theocratic state: one ruled directly by monk-knights, with no king, prince or lord above them. »
• « Also, territories were won by war or marriage, so they did not necessarily make sense on a map; many kings ruled over a patchwork of different regions that were not necessarily adjacent (i.e., they were not physically next to each other; a current example is the fact that Alaska is part of the United States but not contiguous with the "lower 48 states"). »
• « In terms of the religious map of the Holy Roman Empire, there was one important change, however: despite the fact that the Catholic side had not "won" the war per se, Catholicism itself benefited from the early success of the Habsburgs. »
• « Napoleon was so adept at map reading that he could coordinate several army corps to march separately, miles apart, and then converge at a key moment to catch his enemies by surprise. »
• « Napoleon's takeover - itself a symptom of the anarchy unleashed by the Revolution - led to nearly twenty years of war and turmoil across the map of Europe. These events demonstrated to conservatives that while careful reform might be acceptable, rapid change was not. »