5 sentences with 'eastwards'
Example sentences and phrases with the word eastwards and other words derived from it.
• « Rome expanded eastwards during the same period, eventually conquering all of Greece, the heartland of the culture the Romans so admired and emulated. »
• « 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. »
• « As a result, there was a great expansion between 1000 and 1300 from the mid-latitudes of Europe northwards and eastwards, as the farming population took advantage of the new technology (and the growing population) to clear and cultivate what had been forest, scrub or swamp. »
• « Finally, although the emergence of Russia as an independent state is discussed in a later chapter, it is worth noting here that Russian explorers moved eastwards across Siberia from the period from the 15th to the 18th century in search of furs. »
• « Napoleon pursued the Russian army eastwards, fighting two actual battles (the second of which, the Battle of Borodino in August 1812, was extremely bloody), but never pinned down the Russians or received the Tsar's anticipated negotiations for surrender. »