The abbey prospered and became a local centre of power, controlling eight manor houses and villages.

The attack appeared to surprise the rebels, who expected the army to push by the north on several rebels controlled villages before attacking the city.

They however, did not have the highest class of Princes who usually controlled villages, like in most Circassian tribes.

The rebels control villages in the northern and western parts of the country and have advanced to within just a few miles of the capital.

Armed Islamic groups battle the police in the center of Algiers, and they control many slums and villages by night.

Where they control villages, they charge taxes.

Also many landlords that control villages are disturbed by the highly educated teachers coming back.

In Wesnoth, the player attempts to build a powerful army by controlling villages and defeating enemies for experience.

During the Middle Ages it became the seat of a powerful feudal lordship that controlled 79 towns and villages in the vicinity.

Unlike guerrillas all over the world, they did not control villages and lived from hand to mouth.