7 sentences with 'tribe'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tribe and other words derived from it.
• « Their pantheon of gods grew each time they conquered a new city-state or tribe, and they translated various tales and legends into their own language. »
• « In 376 the Huns drove a tribe of Goths from their lands in southern Russia. The Romans allowed these Goths to settle in the Balkans, but they were soon extorted by Roman officials, causing the Goths to rise up against Rome in retribution. »
• « In Gaul, a fierce tribe called the Franks, from which France derives its name, came to power, driving out rivals such as the Visigoths. »
• « They held out in Spain until the 630s, in Africa until the end of the 7th century, and in Italy until 751, when a Germanic tribe called the Lombards captured it. »
• « In 773, at the request of the Pope, Charlemagne invaded the northern Italian kingdom of the Lombards, the Germanic tribe that had driven out the Byzantine forces earlier. »
• « The Turks were nomadic warriors organised in tribal confederations (the Seljuks were merely the main tribe and not the real rulers during the first wave of migration), effective in warfare but generally poor at establishing stable governments. »