6 sentences with 'richer'
Example sentences and phrases with the word richer and other words derived from it.
• « As Greece became richer and more powerful, the demand for slaves increased dramatically as each polis found itself in need of more labour, so a major objective for warfare became the capture of slaves. »
• « As the rich got richer, they bought up land and sometimes even forced poorer citizens off their farms. Thus, there was an existential threat to Rome's armies, and with it, to Rome itself. »
• « While the long-term economic pattern was that the wealthier sections of society tended to become even richer at the expense of the common people, there remained a significant "middle class" that enjoyed a relatively high standard of living. »
• « In turn, the simple lack of markets meant that there was no incentive to grow more than necessary, and the nobility sought to become richer and more powerful not by worrying about agricultural productivity (let alone trade), but by raiding each other's lands. »
• « In both the medieval and Renaissance mindsets, the only forms of wealth were land and gold bullion (precious metals), and since there is only so much land and so much gold and silver to go around, if one society became richer, by definition all other societies became poorer. »
• « In general, the nobility as a whole accounted for no more than 4% of the total population (with peculiar exceptions such as Poland and Hungary, which had large numbers of nobles, most of whom were barely richer than peasants). »