By the Treaty of Tordesillas, the two powers divided the world between them into exclusive spheres of influence, trade and colonization.

Utah is republic and the government of Utah holds powers divided into three distinct branches: legislative; executive; and, judicial.

Special conditions were assigned to Berlin, which the four powers divided into four sectors.

Saddam has created a system in which power has always divided in order to create ultimate reliance on himself.

The victorious powers divided the city into four sectors, analogous to the occupation zones into which Germany was divided.

European horse-trading followed the Berlin conference, in which foreign powers divided the African continent and attempted to consolidate their own possessions.

In the late 19th century, the European powers divided the remaining areas of Africa.

In the Haggadah this fundamental power divides into two contrasts, which modify each other.

Foreign powers divided China into spheres of influence.

Foreign powers soon divided China into spheres of influence, while the weak and corrupt Qing Dynasty could do little to stop them.