12 sentences with 'divisions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word divisions and other words derived from it.
• « Hunter-gatherer societies have very few social divisions; there may be chiefs and shamans, but all members of the group have roughly equal social power. »
• « One of the features of civilisation is the increasing complexity of social divisions, and with them, of social hierarchy. »
• « However, Solon was not some kind of agitator or proto-communist. He mitigated the worst of the social divisions between rich and poor in Athens, but still reserved the highest offices for members of the richest families. »
• « In the domestic sphere, there were physical divisions between the front and public part of the house where men entertained their friends, and the back of the house where women looked after the children and performed domestic tasks such as sewing. »
• « However, there is at least some evidence that gender divisions may not have been as stark as male commentators would have it - as noted below, at least one Greek playwright celebrated the wit and fortitude of women in their work. »
• « Heraclius created a new administrative system to try to defend the remaining Byzantine territory: the themata (or themata, administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire). »
• « Only because of the success of the division by themmas (or themata, administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire) were Byzantine losses not much worse, considering the strength of their foreign enemies. Over time, the thémas became self-sufficient military systems. »
• « In essence, the system of thémas (or themata, administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire) was a return to the old form of military conscription that had been so successful during the days of the Roman Republic: free citizens providing their own arms, thus relieving some of the financial burden on the state. At their peak, the thémas supported an army of 300,000 men (comparable to the Roman army under Augustus), with the financial burden evenly distributed throughout the empire. »
• « Since clan divisions had always undermined Mongol unity in the past, Genghis Khan deliberately placed members of a given clan into different Tumen (10,000-man armies) to dilute clan loyalty and encourage his warriors to think of themselves as part of something larger than their clans. »
• « The Eastern Orthodox Church: The Orthodox Church was the product of medieval divisions within the Church itself, pitting the Western papacy against the Byzantine emperors. It was not affected by the Protestant Reformation, since the Reformation occurred in Western Europe. Thus, the Orthodox Church remained in Greece, parts of the Balkans and Russia. »