8 sentences with 'equal'
Example sentences and phrases with the word equal and other words derived from it.
• « Interestingly, unlike many other ancient societies, women in Egypt were almost legally equal to men. They had the legal right to own property, sue, and essentially exist as independent legal entities. »
• « The radical element of the Jewish religion, as well as the Jewish legal system that grew out of it, the Talmud, was the idea that all Jews were equal before God, rather than some Jews having a closer relationship with God. »
• « Moreover, all Greek citizens were equal before the law, which was a radical departure, since most other civilisations had different sets of laws based on class identity (there were, however, considerable ironies in Greek notions of "equality"). »
• « The most radical aspect of Christianity was its universalism. From Judaism, it inherited the idea that all human beings are spiritually equal. »
• « Not all relics were created equal: the larger the object, or the closer it had been to Christ or the apostles, the more sacred power it was believed to contain. »
• « Sultan Selim was equal parts ambitious and pragmatic and proved to be a skilful politician and an effective military commander. »
• « Abbas's Iran enjoyed its greatest period of political coherence and military might until the 20th century, and set the precedent of an Iranian state that traced its lineage back to Shia Islam and pre-Islamic monarchy in equal measure. »