6 sentences with 'divide'
Example sentences and phrases with the word divide and other words derived from it.
• « To divide, mitochondria follow their own rhythm, which can be faster or slower than that of the cells they inhabit, and reproduce by simple division, like bacteria. Apparently, their dna changes more rapidly than nuclear dna. »
• « Historians divide Persian history into periods defined by the founding clan of a particular royal dynasty. »
• « There, Philip and the king of the Seleucid empire (called Antiochus III) had agreed to divide the eastern Mediterranean, assuming that they could defeat and control the entire Greek polis. »
• « Then, about ten years after taking the throne, Diocletian decided to further divide responsibility and each emperor took on a lesser emperor. This created the tetrarchy, the rule of four. »
• « War, natural disasters and disease thus helped usher in the darkest period of the Middle Ages in the west, and also led to a sharp economic and cultural divide between west and east. »
• « Without an effective bureaucracy or a code of laws, there was little cohesion in the kingdom, and areas began to divide almost immediately after Charlemagne's death in 814. »