Sentence examples for ancient states from inspiring English sources

Often the central cities of ancient states grew to substantial size before they achieved governments capable of imposing controls.

The city was originally the site of Jinyang, a strategic centre for the ancient states of Jin and Zhao.

Recent research has suggested that the spatiality of ancient states is better understood by using networks and bounded-territory models rather than the dominant model of the modern nation-state.

The word quarrel is obviously a euphemism for a piece of naked economic aggression by Athens; all ancient states wished to get their hands on as much precious metal for coinage as possible.

On the one hand, we will see how ancient states such as the kingdom of Meroë and the Parthian empire, or regions such as the Gandhara, interacted with the visual culture of Rome and its empire.

Hagen Schulze, a professor of history at the Free University of Berlin, ends his scholarly study of the evolution of the European nation-state, "States, Nations and Nationalism", with the thought that the "ancient states and nations" of Europe "may gradually fade away and recede into the background to make way for one united Europe".

The Japanese nation seems to have formed a unified ancient state in the 4th century ce.

In antiquity, the Jiangsu region was within the jurisdiction of the ancient state of Wu.

Egypt is the most ancient state in the history of humankind, he says.

The modern diocese of Ossory, with its see at Kilkenny, indicates the extent of the ancient state.

Bian Qiao's handling of the marquis Qi Huan of the ancient state of Qi serves as a cautionary tale.