9 sentences with 'unity'
Example sentences and phrases with the word unity and other words derived from it.
• « Both that unity and the emphasis on the peaceful resolution of conflicts within the Roman state itself began to crumble after the sack of Carthage. »
• « However one interprets the events of the period, the simple fact remains: the political unity of the Roman Empire was shattered by the end of the fifth century CE. »
• « However, Justinian saw Roman law as an aspect of Roman unity, and sought to do away with other forms of law under his jurisdiction. »
• « The relative political and religious unity that Justinian's campaigns brought to Byzantium declined steadily after his death. »
• « 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 rather brief and short-lived period of political unity under the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, which saw most of the Middle East and North Africa united under the rule of 'caliphs' (political successors to the Prophet Muhammad), had already passed by the time the first European crusaders arrived. »
• « Since clan divisions had always undermined Mongol unity in the past, Genghis Khan deliberately placed members of a given clan into different Tumen (10,000-man armies) to dilute clan loyalty and encourage his warriors to think of themselves as part of something larger than their clans. »
• « The Germanic Roman Empire itself only remained united for a short time after Charlemagne's lifetime; his three grandsons divided it, and it would never again see genuine political unity. »