6 sentences with 'inland'
Example sentences and phrases with the word inland and other words derived from it.
• « In 881, the Great Fleet sacked present-day Holland, raiding inland to Charlemagne's capital, Aachen, and plundering it. »
• « Advances in medicine were joined by advances in transport. The steamboat, with its power to travel both with and against the flow of rivers, enabled Europeans to move inland to Africa (and also to many parts of Asia). »
• « Without denying the importance of Mediterranean Egypt, there is evidence of an Egyptian civilisation in the inland regions, where the Nile provided ample opportunities for agricultural cultivation and stable settlements. »
• « Finally, England in 1849 and France in 1850 fully recognised Argentina's sovereignty over the inland rivers. Both nations undertook to evacuate Martín García Island, pay for the damage caused and salute the Argentine flag with a twenty-one gun salute. »
• « The huge Saharan salt mines supplied the vital mineral to Africa's Mediterranean coast and inland areas. »
• « As a fortified trading post, it had mounted cannons facing out to sea rather than inland towards mainland Africa; the Portuguese were more afraid of a naval attack by other Europeans than a land attack by Africans. »