7 sentences with “aggression”

However, the idea of invasion created an excuse for Macedonian and Greek imperialism and aggression under the cultural pretext of revenge.

Europe, in a way, had stumbled into the First World War. World War II was instead a war of aggression launched by a single belligerent, Germany, supported by its allies.

Stress may condition sexual behaviour and increased aggression, although the response to nervous tension is more dependent on the emotional profile of the subject than on the intensity of the stressor.

The idea of the League of Nations was that it would work against reckless international aggression and war, coordinate diplomatic and economic relations, and protect the "right of self-determination" of peoples around the world.

"Stress may condition sexual behaviour and increased aggression, although the response to nervous tension is more dependent on the emotional profile of individuals than on the intensity of the stressor," Robert Sapolsky, a researcher at Stanford University in the United States, recently reported.

Abdulhamit strongly emphasised the empire's Muslim identity, inviting conservative Sunni clerics from across the Islamic world to settle in the empire and playing up the Christian versus Muslim aspect of European aggression. In the process, he moved the empire away from its traditional identity as religiously diverse and tolerant.

The changes that took place in the Christian European states between the 13th and 16th centuries laid the foundations for the modern state. This form of organisation gradually acquired centralised characteristics. Political power was concentrated in (impersonal) institutions rather than in individuals. The aim was to achieve territorial unity, eliminating internal conflicts and preventing possible external aggression in an organised manner.