6 sentences with 'exercised'
Example sentences and phrases with the word exercised and other words derived from it.
• « Egypt exercised military power and extracted wealth from the northern part of the kingdom from Nubia (in present-day Sudan) to the south, and also established at least limited continuous contact with Mesopotamia. »
• « Meanwhile, Persia recaptured and exercised control over the Greek cities of Anatolia in 387 BCE, as Greece itself was divided and weakened. Thus, although the Persians had "lost" the Persian War, they were as strong as an empire. »
• « For the next two centuries, the Abbasid caliphs enjoyed the respect and spiritual deference of most Sunni Muslims, but exercised no political power of their own. »
• « Much of the practical, day-to-day power and influence exercised by the Church was based on the fact that only priests could administer the sacraments, making access to the Church a prerequisite for any possibility of spiritual salvation in the minds of medieval Christians. »
• « It has been observed that, on a practical level, medieval women exercised at least some forms of genuine agency (i.e. the ability to make meaningful decisions about their own lives). »