Sentences with phrase «powerful empire in»

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Not exact matches

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

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 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 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 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 bondagIn 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 bondagin 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 bondagin which Yahweh will rescue his people from the hands of the powerful empires which have held them in bondagin bondage.

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

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.

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.

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.

At first this expectation was doubtless emotional in its appeal, as Mussolini stirs Italians now by pictures of a new Roman Empire, but as the centuries passed and the powerful theological conviction that Israel was a chosen people in special covenant relationship with Yahweh blended with the national dream, the coming Messianic age became increasingly a fixed idea and a cherished dogma.

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.

What I mean under the first heading is that religious appeal is directed partly to excite that instinctive fear of the wrath of a tyrant which was inbred in the unhappy populations of the arbitrary empires of the ancient world, and in particular to excite that fear of an all - powerful arbitrary tyrant behind the unknown forces of nature.

In reality, Arab tribes and ethnic groups were very powerful indeed long before this, and some formed influential states in the lands that we would today think of as Jordan, Iraq and Syria, territories contested between the two great empireIn reality, Arab tribes and ethnic groups were very powerful indeed long before this, and some formed influential states in the lands that we would today think of as Jordan, Iraq and Syria, territories contested between the two great empirein the lands that we would today think of as Jordan, Iraq and Syria, territories contested between the two great empires.

A mighty and unjust Empire can not withstand a God who levels the hills of inequity, who regards the powerful elite as withering grass, who raises up the humble and puts the powerful in their place.

Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria, the most powerful ecclesiastical figure in the Eastern empire.

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 ethic encapsulated in Christ's immortal warning that «ye can not serve God and Mammon»; in the Book of Deuteronomy's complex provisions for redistributing resources from the rich and powerful to the marginal and dispossessed; and in the Islamic tradition's prohibition of riba — lending money at interest and acquiring it in unjust ways — is the strongest barrier we have to the indefinite expansion of the empire of money.

Even the vast asymmetry in power between the international coalition and IS does not make the outcome predictable: powerful states have often lost wars against much weaker foes, from the United States in Vietnam, to Russia in Afghanistan, to the British Empire in the American colonies.

To start with, Russia is much weaker than the Soviet Union was, and the all - powerful soviet empire is now in tatters.

This was a titanic struggle between a powerful US and a bankrupt British Empire, both different in background and temperament.

I would certainly say that Governor Cuomo has an enormous influence in the region, and actually the regional director of Empire State Development, Sam Hoyt, is very powerful, no longer elected but might be more powerful than he was as an Assembly member.

At the Empire State Development Corporation, the powerful authority that runs the state's economic development programs, Mr. Cuomo nominated Howard Zemsky as president and chief executive in 2015.

In the waning days of 2013, with Bloomberg on his way out of City Hall, a deal was cut: Empire Outlets would receive $ 50 million, mostly in city subsidies, and the powerful Building Trades Council would support the mayor's (ultimately unsuccessful) plans to re-zone areas of east midtown, in ManhattaIn the waning days of 2013, with Bloomberg on his way out of City Hall, a deal was cut: Empire Outlets would receive $ 50 million, mostly in city subsidies, and the powerful Building Trades Council would support the mayor's (ultimately unsuccessful) plans to re-zone areas of east midtown, in Manhattain city subsidies, and the powerful Building Trades Council would support the mayor's (ultimately unsuccessful) plans to re-zone areas of east midtown, in Manhattain Manhattan.

When Atlantic Yards was announced in 2003, it was made clear that property within its perimeters would ultimately be acquired via eminent domain, under the aegis of New York State's powerful and quasi-public Empire State Development Corporation.

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

An aggressive, ambitious people from the north, they were fast becoming the dominant force in highland Mexico, conquering territory and setting up the powerful city of Tenochtitlán, which would soon rule a massive empire from what is now called Mexico City.

Explore the heights of a futuristic city, race through the streets in a transforming vehicle, and use your powerful abilities to stop a ruthless criminal empire.

In the process, Michael begins to lose his own identity, eventually becoming romantically entangled with a ruthless temptress (AnnaLynne McCord), and ultimately facing off against the leader of a powerful criminal empire (Val Kilmer).

In the brutal and harrowing struggle that follows, you must engage a range of powerful magical and combat abilities using a new and exciting battle system, to defeat the Empire and uncover the secrets behind the war.

Set to enjoy its North American premiere at Doc NYC this coming Saturday, November 12, Letters From Baghdad is a documentary about Gertrude Bell, who became, arguably, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in the days after World...

It's only fitting, then, that writer - director Oren Moverman (Rampart, Time Out of Mind) spends the remainder of this «stagey,» verbose film equating his quad of players to the powerful and morally corrupt kings and queens of ancient times desperately trying to salvage a crumbling empire in the wake of a broken and bleak family tragedy.

The ruling was the result of a suit filed in June by New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the Empire State's famously powerful (it claims 600,000 members) teacher union.

She has earned herself the title of «One of the 100 most Powerful Women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 and was appointed as an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her work on behalf of underprivileged children in Britain.

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

By stripping a centuries old publishing industry of its ability to control everything from the price of books to what titles make their way in front of readers, Amazon made some powerful enemies, even to the point that federal laws were broken to try to bring down the Evil Empire.

The Khmer Empire was a powerful state in South - East Asia that existed between 802-1431 AD.

It also doesn't make a huge amount of sense that nobody would take control of the vast remnants of the Empire and form it into something cohesive and powerful, which never happens in the old EU.

Mark Waid and Barry Kitson's «Empire» is their creator - owned saga of Golgoth - Â a space warlord who fights to remain the most powerful man in the galaxy.