10 sentences with 'tribal'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tribal and other words derived from it.
• « The Celts were not a unified empire of any kind; they were a tribal people who shared a common culture and set of beliefs, along with certain technologies related to metallurgy and agriculture. »
• « Many of the Germanic peoples who settled along these frontiers were known as foederati, tribal groups who entered into treaties with Rome requiring them to pay taxes in kind (i.e. in crops, animals and other forms of wealth rather than in currency) and to send troops to aid Roman conquests, and who received peace and recognition (and usually annual gifts) in return. »
• « The Seljuks were a tribal confederation, not a united kingdom or empire, and they invaded Muslim kingdoms as often as Christian ones. Despite their lack of political unity they proved to be even deadlier enemies of the Byzantine Empire than the Arab caliphates, and in the late 11th century the Byzantine emperor Alexius appealed to the Christians of Western Europe for help, despite the ongoing division between the Latin and Orthodox churches. »
• « The Turks were nomadic warriors organised in tribal confederations (the Seljuks were merely the main tribe and not the real rulers during the first wave of migration), effective in warfare but generally poor at establishing stable governments. »
• « The Seljuk dynasty that overthrew the Ghaznavids in 1040 drew on the long history of effective Persian administration to establish a real government (rather than just gatherings of tribal leaders) and to financially support Islamic civilisation-related building projects such as madrasas (schools for the teaching of the Qur'an and Islamic law) and public baths. »
• « Although initially organised along tribal and clan lines, the Turks strove to emulate the more established Islamic empires that had preceded them by practising Islamic law (sharia) and sponsoring Islamic scholarship. »
• « Over the next seventy years Ismail and his descendants lost control of the Turkish tribal confederation they had briefly joined, to the extent that the Safavid shahs were no more than figureheads controlled by Turkish warlords until the end of the century. »
• « Despite the return to the near-anarchic conditions of tribal rule, the one area in which the Safavids were successful was in supporting the growth of the Shia ulama, or Muslim clergy, supporting pilgrimages to Shia holy sites, funding madrasas and mosques, and encouraging the spread of Shia Islam at the expense of the remaining Sunnis. »
• « Originally populated by Slavic tribal groups, Swedish Vikings called Rus colonised and then mixed with the native Slavs in the course of the 9th century. »
• « A ruling dynasty known as the Qajars took power in 1779 but struggled to maintain control over the various tribal groups that had long vied for power and influence. »