11 sentences with 'tribes'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tribes and other words derived from it.
• « Similar rites are found in religions such as Mithraism and Hermeticism and in places such as India, Tibet and Scandinavia, as well as in some African tribes and societies of pre-Columbian times. »
• « After Solomon's death, ten of the twelve tribes broke away to form their own kingdom, retaining the name Israel, while the smaller remnant of the kingdom took the name Judah. »
• « This tragedy was later remembered as the origin of the "lost tribes" of Israel - the Hebrews who lost their identity and religion due to Assyrian enslavement. »
• « Rome led this coalition against the nearby hill tribes who had periodically raided the area, and then against the Etruscans who had once ruled Rome itself. »
• « Storm clouds had already gathered under Aurelius, who was forced to lead military campaigns against the incursions of Germanic tribes in the north despite his own lack of military background (or, indeed, temperament). »
• « They faced increasing threats on the Roman frontiers, as Germanic tribes made repeated (and often successful, at least temporarily) incursions into the north and a new Persian dynasty known as the Sassanids pressed against Roman territory in the east. »
• « The 'Germans' were a very diverse group of tribes who practised feudal law, the system of law in which offences were met with violent clan-based retribution or blood payments. »
• « Invaders from the steppes of Central Asia and the mountains of Afghanistan also proved a constant threat to the empire's security, as did the Arab tribes of the southwest, long before they unified under the Islamic prophet Muhammad. »
• « To meet the threat of Persian and Germanic tribes, Diocletian reorganised the Roman army and recruited more soldiers, making it larger than it had ever been. »
• « Arianism quickly took root among many people, especially among the northern Germanic tribes, where Arian Christian missionaries made great inroads. Thus, Arianism quickly became the greatest and most persistent heresy of the early Christian church. »