11 sentences with 'monarchs'
Example sentences and phrases with the word monarchs and other words derived from it.
• « Assyrian monarchs did not fall short of cultivating vineyards and nurturing wine cellars; in turn, Phoenician ships spread vines and wines throughout the Mediterranean basin. »
• « All Hellenistic monarchs tried to rule in the style of Alexander the Great, rewarding their inner circles with wealth, founding new cities and expanding trade routes to foreign lands. »
• « The core of the Hellenistic kingdoms were the new cities founded by Alexander the Great or, later, by Hellenistic monarchs. The greatest was Alexandria in Egypt, but there were equally great cities in the other kingdoms. »
• « Because of the obligations that the early monarchs felt towards their specifically Greek subjects, things like education and rubbish collection were funded by the state. »
• « It would be centuries before the monarchs of Europe consolidated enough wealth and power to dominate their nobles, and it certainly did not happen during the Middle Ages. »
• « Unfortunately for Pope Boniface, he lacked both influence with the monarchs of Europe and the ability to defend himself. »
• « For nearly forty years, the church was a battleground between the two rival popes and their respective followers, and both laymen and monarchs were generally able to go about their business without fear of papal intervention. »
• « However, during the late medieval and Renaissance periods, monarchs began to exert more power and influence. »
• « Spain became a powerful and united kingdom for the first time when the monarchs of two of the Christian kingdoms married in 1479: Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon. »
• « The "Catholic monarchs", as they were called, were determined to complete the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula, and in 1492 they succeeded, capturing Granada, the last Muslim kingdom. »