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By the time the Hyksos were asserting their control over parts of the Nile delta, Egypt was already well into what historians of the nineteenth century dubbed the Second Intermediate Period.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

“They were asserting the triumph of life over death.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

They were defending evolutionary science and secular values, but as much as anything they were asserting their right to attack the beliefs of others, regardless of how cherished those might be.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2018

The news reports and commentary weren’t just questioning, they were asserting.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2018

The popes were asserting a political power as belonging to S. Peter.

From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by Hutton, William Holden