7 sentences with 'metropolis'
Example sentences and phrases with the word metropolis and other words derived from it.
• « The city of Cordoba in Spain was a glorious metropolis, larger and more prosperous than any in Europe and any but Baghdad in the Arab world itself - it had a population of 100,000, paved streets, street lamps and even indoor plumbing in the houses of the wealthy. »
• « In 1300, northern Italy had 23 city-states with a population of 20,000 or more, each of which would have constituted a huge metropolis by medieval standards. »
• « In others, such as the British in Kenya and the French in Algeria, large numbers of white settlers refused to be 'abandoned' by the European metropolis, resulting in sometimes staggering levels of violence. »
• « Moreover, in cases such as France, former settlers who had fled to the metropolis were often hard-core racists who openly called for exclusionary practices and laws. »
• « With the Bourbons this all changed: they were kings of Spain, the metropolis of existing colonies in the Americas. Gradually, Creoles were replaced in the exercise of political, ecclesiastical or military government. From then on, most of the posts would be filled by officials sent from Europe, where they would return as soon as their term of office was over. »
• « The situation changed in the 18th century when the Bourbon dynasty came to power in Spain, whose members considered the American dominions to be colonies of the metropolis. »
• « At the session of Congress on Tuesday, July 9, 1816, there was agreement to deal with the important matter first. One of the secretaries asked the congressmen: "Do you want the Provinces of the Union to be a free and independent nation from the kings of Spain and its metropolis?" »