7 sentences with 'taxes'

Example sentences and phrases with the word taxes and other words derived from it.

« Also, although the details are now lost, the Old Kingdom government must have been very effective in collecting taxes and distributing food, supplies and work equipment. »
« The combination of flourishing trade and high taxes generated enormous wealth for the king and court and, among other things, led to the construction of remarkable works of monumental architecture to decorate their capital. »
« Soon, the Greeks began to record not only taxes and mercantile transactions, but also their own literature, poetry and drama. »
« As long as they were loyal, paid taxes and sent troops when called upon, Persian kings had no problem letting their subjects practise their own religions, use their own languages and carry out their own trade practices and customs. »
« To keep taxes moderate, Persian kings only called up armies (of both Persians and conquered peoples) when there was a war; otherwise, the only standing army was the king's 10,000 elite bodyguards that the Greeks called "Immortals". »
« Under Pericles, there were some 1,500 officials who managed the taxes of the league cities, ran the courts and administrative bodies, and administered the League's activities. »
« Likewise, the abundance of the Nile was carefully managed to produce the highest yields in history, so great that even after numerous taxes were levied, Egyptian wheat was still the cheapest available everywhere from Spain to Mesopotamia (the same was true of papyrus, a royal monopoly used throughout the Hellenistic world). »

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