Sentences with phrase «own powerful empire»

Long before the czars, it was the seat of a powerful empire.

In something of an oblique way this article alludes to the 5th Crusade and the Sultan Malik s well as St. Francis Assisi and we must bear in mind (in all of this violent conflict) that the Mediterranean is actually the junction of three continents (Africa, Asia, Europe) and that powerful empires have been bumping into one another since the beginning of recorded history (Babylon, Egypt, Persian, Assyria, Alexander, Rome, Carthage, the Moors, Christian Crusaders, El Cid -LRB-!!)

In the apocalyptic developments reflected in the books of Ezekiel, Joel, and Daniel, the judgment takes shape as a great battle in which Yahweh will rescue his people from the hands of the powerful empires which have held them in bondage.

The Romans are renowned as the one of the most powerful empires in history, if they had really cared, they could have snuffed out christianity in a heartbeat, they didn't because they thought christ followers were as crazy as non-christians today do.

Christianity conquered the most powerful empire in the world at the time in less than 300 years with no army, based only on a simple message of love and charity for others.

Then there were the great civilizations that arose and expanded into powerful empires despite the lack of such natural barriers: Byzantium, and later the Ottoman Empire, or the Mongols under Kublai Khan.

Is Prof. Delasanta not admitting that the papacy, especially the current Pope, has wielded amazing temporal power as a primary agent in bringing down one of the most powerful empires ever?

The story of Christ, however, unlike many myths and legends, is an historical event, and a whole empire, the wealthiest and most powerful empire at that, invested its resources looking for a dead body that should have been in that empty tomb, but wasn't.

FIFA has become a powerful empire, reportedly worth some $ 2.8 billion.

Iran has several times in history been the site of some of the world's most powerful empires, whereas Saudi Arabia has mostly been a backwater except for Mohammed.

The US maintains a containment strategy on Russia, meaning that it tries to keep Russia from expanding and becoming a powerful empire and military adversary.

She ruled some 2 million people and oversaw one of most powerful empires of the ancient world.

They built a powerful empire controlled by an island city built in the middle of the lake.

To wit, the series revolved around Decepticons finding and stealing energy on planet earth, because the Transformers had depleted their own sources of energy and were now, essentially, dying out, thieving remnants of a once powerful empire.

Spain is the most powerful empire in the world, and King Philip II (Jordi Mollà), a devout Catholic, is prepared to have open, holy war against England and its Protestant queen Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett).

In Colossus he argues that in both military and economic terms America is nothing less than the most powerful empire the world has ever seen.

Probably the best known classicist of our era, Beard offers a new perspective on how Rome grew into the most powerful empire in the world and why it still matters to us.

Follow the ancient network of the Silk Road through the melting - pot of Uzbekistan, influenced by many of history's most powerful empires.

A fiercely independent and highly idiosyncratic country, Ethiopia has never been successfully conquered or colonised and it boasted for a while the most powerful empire in Africa.

Lead a civilization from the dawn of man to the modern age, and go head - to - head with history's most intrepid leaders as you wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known in a race for ultimate supremacy.

Lords Online is a 2D Browser - Based MMORTS that allows you to build powerful empires and train heroes to lead your armies into battle.

The Dominion are a powerful empire founded by the Eldan (an ancient, advanced race that disappeared long ago) that claims Nexus, the planet WildStar takes place on, as its rightful legacy.

Go head to head with history's greatest leaders as you wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, inspire your nation and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known.

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The player assumes the role of a sky pirate - a fox by the name of Reynardo, who stood up to the powerful Empire's armada, taking on the responsibility for saving the native country.

This is the deluxe version, all stages and institutions are available.As member of the Organization, eliminating all the powerful empires will be your only faith!

Clash of kings — build a powerful empire and widen your borders.

And perhaps worst of all, your powerful Empire has grown heavy and full of internal strife with its age.

Taking place on the same continent as fan - favorite Trails in the Sky, Trails of Cold Steel is the first game in the series to explore Erebonian soil, giving players a chance to delve deep into the inner political conflicts of this oft - mentioned and powerful empire.

Trails of Cold Steel will explore more of Erebonia and give us the chance to delve deeper into the political conflicts of the powerful empire.

At the time, Ming Empire was the richest and the most powerful empire of the world then.

Not exact matches

In 2016, Forbes named her one of the world's most powerful female business leaders for her role in the Reliance empire.

Some would serve up Donald Trump and Robert Maxwell as examples of powerful men who gambled with their empires at certain points in their business careers in a pathological way.

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.G. Gwynne

They are, in fact, a very powerful tool of the Chinese government's industrial policy which is aimed at ruthless expansion (emphasis added) of its global economic empire».

Of great interest to me, as with all documents written during the first three centuries of the church, is to read what things were like before the conversion of Constantine when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, and transformed from a simple way of following Jesus into the powerful Christendom that still rules today.

Professor Laura Nasrallah is teaching «Early Christianity: The Letters of Paul,» which «explores the context of these letters in the Roman Empire and the impact of these powerful texts today.»

Even the leaders of the empire were afraid, this time of Mordecai, since he was the second in command in the empire, and had become more and more powerful so that they helped the Jews.

In the decaying empire of Rome there arose a fellowship so powerful that, for a while, Christians had all things in common.

At their best they also knew that no empire, no matter how strong, is all - powerful.

Because the odds of «dangerous» ideas espoused by a carpenter walking around, preaching in an occupied land peacefully overtaking the Roman Empire (the most powerful man - made force on the planet at the time) and shaping civilization, Western and beyond, are almost as remote as the odds of you forgoing your delusional confidence in your ability for rational thought or facts, giving him credit for being exactly who he said he was.

As the large communications empires become more centralized and more powerful, they also become more self - serving, until today — as with the great iron and steel and railway and oil trusts in the l890s — they threaten the welfare of the entire society.

Although held in theory over a long period, the belief was accentuated during the latter part of the nineteenth century and since, and became finally a basic dogma underlying the Japanese Imperial thrust, which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II.9 The idea was taught in the schools, in the army, and resulted finally in a fanatical religious, as well as patriotic, devotion to the emperor, without which, it seems to the writer, it is impossible to explain the daring attack of the island empire of Japan upon the richest and most powerful nation in the world, the United States.

With the fall of the Roman empire, due to its internal moral laxity and external attacks by «Barbarians» from the North and East, the Church became the single most powerful agency for the formation and social stability of the European peoples.

It became powerful as the official religion of the Empire.

So I guess according to Limbaugh and his ilk's way of thinking The Christ was REALLY just a raving socialist / communist / marxist h $ ll bent on destroying the capitalistic, wildly unequal, and therefore «just», Roman Empire and the entire wealthy, powerful, and thus «successful», Jewish hierarchy because he was «jealous» of them and their «success» and so actually deserved to be put to death for it.

As the United States» control of its Latin American empire fades and it confronts a powerful counterforce in Asia, the days of its global hegemony are numbered.

Hurrem's leadership paved the way for other powerful women, such as Kösem Sultan, the first woman to become official regent of the empire.

The Seljuq Empire takes its name from the chief of a powerful tribe which settled near Bukhara and Samarkand after they had followed their leader in accepting Islam.

Just as God loosed the mighty pagan Roman Empire on Jerusalem which along with the Jewish Temple was completely destroyed in the year 70 A.D., so will God loose today's powerful governments on organized religions led by men rayping our boys.