9 sentences with 'maintained'

Example sentences and phrases with the word maintained and other words derived from it.

« The sages of India maintained that the basic force that underlies all nature is intelligence. »
« On the other hand, the Hindus maintained that the massage with oil and herbs or abhyanga helped to loosen the excess of doshas. But the best way to relax was the shirodhara: a thread of sesame oil dripping on the forehead and producing a deep sedation. »
« The special relationship between Him and the Hebrews remained, as did the promise of a kingdom of peace, but the Hebrews now maintained that He was available to them wherever they went and whatever happened to them. »
« In a sense, the Persian empire both benefited from and became vulnerable to the autonomy of its subjects: each region maintained its own identity and traditions, minimising day-to-day resentment, but in times of crisis such autonomy could also give rise to demands for real independence. »
« When Pericles became a dominant voice in Athenian politics, the system established by Cleopatra was maintained. »
« During the Classical Age, the Carthaginians, Phoenician naval rivals of the Greeks, maintained a strong naval garrison in the Strait of Gibraltar (the narrow gap between North Africa and southern Spain, between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean), which prevented Greek sailors from reaching the Atlantic and thus limited their direct knowledge of the outside world. »
« Alexander the Great maintained the Persian bureaucracy (like the organisation of the satrapies) and recruited thousands of Persian soldiers to join his campaign as his armies moved further east. »
« The Ptolemies maintained trading posts along the Red Sea and as far south as present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia, trading for ivory and gold from the African interior. »
« The Etruscans ruled an empire of allied city-states that maintained an active trade with the Greeks, exchanging Italian iron for various luxury goods. »

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