>>> mammon = "The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York."
>>> mammon.split()
['The', 'god', 'of', 'the', "world's", 'leading', 'religion.', 'The', 'chief', 'temple', 'is', 'in', 'the', 'holy', 'city', 'of', 'New', 'York.']
>>> mammon.split(".")
["The god of the world's leading religion", ' The chief temple is in the holy city of New York', '']
>>> mammon.split(maxsplit=4)
['The', 'god', 'of', 'the', "world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York."]
>>> mammon.rsplit(maxsplit=4)
["The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy", 'city', 'of', 'New', 'York.']