7 sentences with 'struggles'
Example sentences and phrases with the word struggles and other words derived from it.
• « From the early Archaic era, Athens witnessed a series of struggles and compromises between the aristocrats - wealthy landowning families who controlled most of the land and most of the political power - and everyone else, particularly the free citizens and farmers of Athens who were not aristocrats. »
• « By the same token, the demise of the Republic was not inevitable. The class struggles and political rivalries that eventually led to Caesar's rise and then to the real transformation brought about by Octavian could have been very different. »
• « The irony of these struggles over Christian doctrine versus ancient learning was that the issue was decided by the collapse of Rome. »
• « The important thing to bear in mind, however, is that throughout the Middle Ages many of the struggles between Christian and Muslim kingdoms, and Christian and Muslim peoples, were as often about conventional battles over power, wealth and politics as religious belief. »
• « Finally, especially in Byzantine territories, high taxes and ongoing struggles between the official orthodox form of Christianity and various other Christian sects led many Byzantine citizens to welcome their new Arab rulers; taxes were often lowered and the Arabs were indifferent to the variety of Christians their new subjects had. »
• « Meanwhile, in 1206 the Mongols elected a leader named Temujin (b. 1167) "Khan", which simply means "lord" or "warlord". The election was the culmination of years of battles and struggles between Temujin and various rival clan leaders. »
• « Long before there were mass socialist parties, there were struggles and even massacres over working conditions; »