6 sentences with 'strove'
Example sentences and phrases with the word strove and other words derived from it.
• « Many of the tyrants built public works and provided jobs, while others strove to promote trade. »
• « After defeating the king's forces in battle, Cyrus was welcomed as a liberator by the Babylonians and strove to worship Marduk to help ensure their continued loyalty. »
• « In the 5th century BC, some of Macedonia's largest towns grew large enough to be considered cities, and elite Macedonians strove to civilise their country in the style of the southern Greeks. »
• « Almost without exception, elites strove to actively encourage trade by building and guarding trade routes and founding caravanserais, fortified way stations for merchant travellers. »
• « Although initially organised along tribal and clan lines, the Turks strove to emulate the more established Islamic empires that had preceded them by practising Islamic law (sharia) and sponsoring Islamic scholarship. »