7 sentences with 'province'
Example sentences and phrases with the word province and other words derived from it.
• « The monk taught this discipline to his disciples in Beijing and also to those in Hu-pei province. He also founded schools that helped to spread his technique through the centuries. »
• « In short, assimilation occurred. A few generations after the Roman conquest, many (especially the local elites) in a given province identified with Roman civilisation. »
• « Roman citizens could always appeal to Roman law if they wished, even if they lived in a province far from Rome. »
• « Jesus travelled and taught in the Roman province of Palestine and nearby Roman-dominated puppet kingdoms for three years, but was then arrested by Roman authorities for inciting rebellion. »
• « The ancient Roman province of Gaul is the heart of modern-day France, ruled after the fall of Rome by the Franks, a powerful Germanic people who invaded Gaul from across the Rhine when Roman power crumbled. »
• « The beginning of permanent contact between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe came under the auspices of Prince Henry the Navigator (1394 - 1460), governor of Portugal's southernmost province. »
• « The following year, a small British force of 800 men with 2,000 Indian mercenary troops (called sepoys) defeated the prince at the Battle of Plassey, and then began the process of taking over the entire province of Bengal. »