1. The art of paper making reached westwards to Baghdad, Iraq in the 8th century at the height of the Islamic culture. 伊斯兰教文化在8世纪时达到全盛时期,造纸技术在此时向西传到伊拉克的巴格达。
2. Uighurs resent the huge immigration of Han over the past few decades, many moving westwards to work in oil and gas fields and to run the Government. 维吾尔人憎恶过去数十年汉人的大规模移民,许多人向西迁徙,有些在油气田工作,还控制政府部门。
3. The current position of the English Channel was a large river flowing westwards and fed by tributaries that would later become the Thames and the Seine. 现在的英吉利海峡的位置在那时是一条向西流淌并汇入大河的河流,在那以后,将变成现在的泰晤士河和塞纳河。