Sentences with phrase «govern such a culture»

A relatively simple legal system sufficed to govern such a culture, but after the death of Mohammed, the spread of Moslem power was very rapid and soon came to include peoples very different in background and custom from the Arabians.

Not exact matches

Their economies should be labor intensive rather than energy intensive; produce more durable goods to reduce waste; use local materials in building; consume locally grown foods; engage in organic farming; utilize organic garbage; depend on perennial polyculture, aqua - culture and permaculture; favor trains as well as human - powered machines such as bicycles; employ solar power and other on - site modes of producing energy; and in various ways operate on self - nourishing, self - healing, self - governing principles.

Timeless Cities: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy calls to mind Berger's caution because the governing ambition of the book» though expressed sotto voce» is to challenge its readers to promote and build cities that aspire to equal if not surpass the most beautiful cities of the Western world» and because its author, David Mayernik, is as aware as anyone that the culture and institutions of modernity are not currently conducive to the creation of such cities.

This was not about such a moment but about nine years of attempting to resurrect something both special and normal; a protest march, inspired in the specific by a series of atrocious decisions by a supine governing body, but in the abstract by a culture that prioritises the needs of the owners over the fans, that listens to money over love, and that works not for us but for them.