federation of tribes

It was through Ghassan that Arabs learned about the European world, and its federation of tribes was the first step to Arab unity.

"Israel," on the other hand, came to stand for a loose federation of tribes, clans and families, each one of which was understood to have rights to a certain plot of land, offered in perpetuity to that sub group by the ultimate owner, Yahweh (Davids, 19; Pixley, 19).

The trucial states of Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman and Umm Al Quwain was once part of an empire built by the Qawasim (plural for Qassimi), a federation of tribes on the Oman coast which emerged at the end of the 18th century AD.

Te Ao Marama Maaka, a spokeswoman for Ngati-Haua, of the Tainui federation of tribes in the Te Aroha area, said she had been very close to Ardern since meeting her at Morrinsville high school, and that the prime minister's empathy with and interest in the indigenous people of New Zealand was improving relations between Pakeha [European] and Mori faster than at any other point in history.

The trucial states of Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman and Umm Al Quwain once used to be part of an empire built by the Qawasim, a federation of tribes on the coast of Oman which emerged at the end of the 18th century AD.