9 sentences with 'independent'
Example sentences and phrases with the word independent and other words derived from it.
• « Rehabilitation is medical treatment that aims to restore a person to independent living after accidents, illness and alcohol or drug dependence. »
• « Along with their neighbours the Hebrews, the most important of the ancient Canaanites were the Phoenicians, whose cities (politically independent but united in culture and language) were centred in modern-day Lebanon. »
• « The formerly independent Phoenician city-states within the Assyrian zone of control surrendered, paid tribute and deferred to Assyrian officials rather than face their wrath in battle. »
• « The Jews went from being ruled by the Persians to the Greeks and the Romans (although they occasionally became independent for a time), and eventually dispersed throughout the Roman Empire. »
• « By 338 BC, Greece was no longer the collection of independent city-states it had been for over a thousand years; it was now united under an invader from the north. The Greeks deeply resented this occupation. »
• « The Maurya Empire was a confederation of Indian princes that quickly became independent of Greek influence after the death of Alexander the Great. »
• « Even the Ptolemies, the most genuinely independent power in the region, recognised that Rome had all the real power in international affairs. »
• « Under the leadership of a general and politician, Pompey ("the Great"), both Mithridates and the remaining formerly Seleucid independent territories were defeated and incorporated as provinces or puppet states under the control of the Republic. This brought almost the entire Mediterranean region under Roman rule, with only Egypt remaining independent. »
• « Under the Roman Empire genuine concessions had been made to the common people, especially the soldiers, and the only people who really lost out in the short term were the old elite patrician families, who no longer had political power independent of the emperor (though they certainly retained their wealth and status). »