Sentence examples for exacting tribute from inspiring English sources

Perhaps employing the fleet of his friend Polycrates, Amasis reputedly subdued Cyprus, exacting tribute from it.

In 1405 33 the renowned admiral Zheng He led voyages for the purpose of exacting tribute and extending Chinese political influence in the Indian Ocean.

Every once in a while, on no special occasion, Pop would spring for a marble-size diamond ring or a string of fat pearls, and I suspect it was my mother exacting tribute for his latest exposed dalliance.

Attalus won an important victory over the Galatians, newly arrived Celtic tribes from Thrace, who had been, for more than a generation, plundering and exacting tribute throughout most of Asia Minor without any serious check.

He first sacked Beroea and then Antioch (allowing the garrison of 6,000 men to leave the city), besieged Daras, and then went on to attack the small but strategically significant satellite kingdom of Lazica near the Black Sea, exacting tribute from the towns he passed along his way.

Since the time of Philetaerus, the first Attalid ruler, the Galatians had posed a problem for Pergamon, indeed for all of Asia Minor, by exacting tributes to avoid war or other repercussions.

They exact tribute and dispense favors.

In 868 bce Ashurnasirpal II reached the Mediterranean and exacted tribute from the Phoenician cities.

He fought successfully against other nations and exacted tribute from the Ammonites.

The king was able to enforce obedience from lesser groups and to exact tribute from them.

He united Java, extended his influence over Sumatra, and resisted Mongol attempts to exact tribute from his kingdom.