We cannot be party to a reversion to more centralized rule, particularly if it results from elements who so clearly dislike us.

The peace under centralized rule would last two and a half centuries.

Serbia lost its centralized rule and the provinces once again came under the Empire.

An empire is a group of states or peoples under centralized rule.

The first Yugoslavia failed because centralized Serbian rule met too much resistance among other peoples.

Gidō encouraged Confucian political values such as centralized rule and social stability.

Elements of centralized rule that were derived from the Ptolemaic period lasted into the 4th century.

But this was not a period of straightforward centralized rule.

Communist-ruled Serbia and the army favor retaining the federation with strong centralized rule.

For 60 years, the Russian economy conformed to a warped system of centralized rule.