6 sentences with “identities”

People moved from village and regional dwellers who were fiercely proud of their identities to increasingly large, and therefore more anonymous and alienating, city dwellers.

Ismail fused three distinct identities to promote his rule: he was a Turkish warlord, a Shi'ite Sufi pir and (he claimed) the heir to Persia's pre-Islamic political tradition.

The most spectacular successes of 19th century nationalist movements occurred in Italy and Germany, two areas with long-standing regional identities but a complete lack of political unity.

The invaded countries turned the French democratic principle of self-determination into a sacred right to defend their own national identities, shaped by their own particular histories, against the universalist pretensions of the French.

From the Persian tradition, the Abbasid caliphs borrowed both the practical traditions of bureaucracy and administration and an equally important tradition of political status: they were the rulers of many peoples, recognising local identities while expecting deference and, of course, taxes.

In turn, although they disrupted and transformed the Holy Land itself for a time, the crusades had little overall impact on the societies of the Middle East itself. These societies represented a cross-section of ethnic, religious and regional identities that underwent major transformations in the period of the early Middle Ages.