10 sentences with “autonomy”

Artificial intelligence can operate with a certain degree of autonomy.

Young people seek autonomy when they become independent from their parents.

Also, Egyptian women enjoyed far more legal autonomy than women in many other ancient societies, particularly that of the Greeks.

In one area, however, Rome represented greater freedom and autonomy than some of its neighbouring societies (such as Greece): gender roles.

Also, despite the innovations that Darius I introduced into the organisation, the satraps (rulers) usually operated with a large degree of autonomy.

The conquered city in their empire that was allowed a significant degree of autonomy was Babylon, out of respect for its role as the centre of Mesopotamian culture.

However, one of the reasons we know that women enjoyed a greater degree of autonomy than in many other societies is the number of surviving texts that described and, in many cases, celebrated the role of women.

Authority was understood to emanate from the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda himself, and although a degree of regional autonomy was necessary due to the sheer size and diversity of the empire, regional rulers knew themselves to be inferior to the Sassanid Great King.

In a sense, the Persian empire both benefited from and became vulnerable to the autonomy of its subjects: each region maintained its own identity and traditions, minimising day-to-day resentment, but in times of crisis such autonomy could also give rise to demands for real independence.

Macedonian society as represented by Alexander the Great and his companions has always been less restrictive, with women exercising far more autonomy than in the Greek polis to the south, and that cultural value is clearly imprinted along with Macedonian dominance itself throughout the Hellenistic world.