Its great natural strength and situation, not far from the mouth of the Sis pass, and near the great road which debouched from the Cilician Gates, made Anazarbus play a considerable part in the struggles between the Byzantine Empire and the early Muslim invaders.

Its visual luminosity is about 10, 000 times that of the Sun, but because the star radiates a considerable part of its energy in the infrared part of the spectrum, the bolometric luminosity equals roughly 65, 000 times that of the Sun.

However, he relates in his Memoirs that a considerable part of his time was spent in reading Greek and Latin comedies.

He spent a great part of his life in travel, visiting England, the Netherlands and France, and residing for a considerable period at Naples.

Eisenhower's two terms were peaceful ones for the most part and saw considerable economic prosperity except for a sharp recession in 1958 – 59.

He took a considerable part in the negotiations of the Twelve Years ' Truce in 1609.

Ephesus had been part of the Persian Empire since 547 and was ruled by a satrap, a more distant figure, as the Great King allowed the Ionians considerable autonomy.

Likely as a part of the rivalry between the Binet and the Wechsler, the Binet until 2003 chose to have 16 for one SD, causing considerable confusion.

Some subject areas in the classification were regarded as inappropriately arranged and there was considerable pressure for more detail and for adaptation of the classification to make it more relevant for the evaluation of medical care, by classifying conditions to the chapters concerned with the part of the body affected rather than to those dealing with the underlying generalized disease.

Kenya's very rapid population growth rate and considerable rural to urban migration were in large part responsible for high unemployment and disorder in the cities.

There is considerable confusion about the best way to classify felids at present, and some authorities classify them as part of the genus Felis.

It is, however, highly probable that when the bulk of the Lombards migrated, a considerable part remained behind and afterwards became absorbed by the Saxon tribes in the region, while the emigrants alone retained the name of Lombards.

Weber was put in charge of the study and wrote a large part of the final report, which generated considerable attention and controversy and marked the beginning of Weber's renown as a social scientist.

An Anglican Christian, she played a considerable part in the drafting of the 1979 American Episcopal Book of Common Prayer.

There is considerable pressure by African refugees to enter Melilla, a part of the European Union.

Rare gases is another term that was used, but this is also inaccurate because argon forms a fairly considerable part ( 0. 94 % by volume, 1. 3 % by mass ) of the Earth's atmosphere.

Another area of considerable diversity appears to have been the Southeast ; however, many of these languages became extinct from European contact and as a result they are, for the most part, absent from the historical record.

The Macintosh had been successful on university campuses in considerable part because of the Apple University Consortium, which allowed students and institutions to buy the computers at a discount.

He was a professional soldier who spent a considerable part of his life fighting against Napoleon.

In this voyage he travelled around and visited a considerable part of Great Britain.

Nonetheless, Khalifa ibn Hamad, as heir apparent and deputy ruler, gained considerable power, in large part because Ahmad ibn Ali, as had his father, spent much time outside the country.

The United States began to have considerable influence in East Asia in the later part of the 19th century, with Protestant missionaries playing a central role.

Even the geographical knowledge needed in transferring the war from one part of the world to another was considerable.

In the mid-1980s, a considerable part of ABBA's fortune was lost by mismanagement, bad investments, high demands for tax, and the rise of credit rates.

However, the Portuguese found they could make considerable amounts of gold transporting slaves from one trading post to another, along the Atlantic coast of Africa.

The nation has considerable natural resources, with gold, uranium, phosphates, kaolinite, salt and limestone being most widely exploited.

Combining all the fragmentary evidence available, it seems that his family had owned a large estate in Thrace, one that even contained gold mines, and which allowed the family considerable and lasting affluence.

Namely platinum, coal, iron ore, gold and lately also diamonds have been found in considerable deposits.

After McKinley's inauguration, increases in gold availability from new discoveries and improved refining methods led to a considerable increase in the money supply.

Extracting gold from river gravel placers was also popular and a number of sites such as Breckenridge and Fairplay yielded considerable quantities of gold.

A considerable amount of gold and tin mining occurred in the late 19th and early 20th century, though, unlike Beechworth, little evidence for this remains.

When his baggage was examined at Dover, the Royal Golden Crown and Seal of the Kingdom of Scotland, with many vessels of gold and silver, and a considerable sum of money, were found in his chests.

" Despite the fact that the group had neither performed outside the Bay Area nor appeared on TV, the album garnered considerable attention in the USA and sold well enough to earn a gold record award.

He arrived after having lost a considerable fortune en route, as the Doddington, the lead ship of his convoy, was wrecked near Port Elizabeth, losing a chest of gold coins belonging to Clive worth £ 33, 000.

This appears to have had a considerable affect on the more uncouth, Malcolm, who could not read ; he so admired her devotion that he had her books decorated in gold and silver.

Executive produced by Questlove and featuring significant contributions by J Dilla, ( who helmed many tracks except – " Cold Blooded ", " Geto Heaven Part II ", " A Song For Assata ", " Pop's Rap Part 3 ... All My Children " & the DJ Premier-produced track " The 6th Sense "), Like Water for Chocolate transpired to be a considerable commercial breakthrough for Common, earning the rapper his first gold record, and greatly expanding his fanbase among critics and listeners alike.

J. H. Davis, an Englishman, was reported to have found gold " in considerable quantities " in July 1852 at Paardekraal near Krugersdorp, which was the earliest discovery on the Rand.

Gold was long popular as a medium of exchange and store of value because it was inert, was convenient to move due to even small amounts of gold having considerable value, had a constant value due to its special physical and chemical properties, and was cherished by men.

On the national basketball front, Yugoslavia rolled over the competition with considerable ease en route to another European gold in 1997, with Bodiroga again playing an integral role.

The money on the table, together with considerable heaps of gold and silver, appears to be coins of Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I.

The stele also notes that the temple amassed considerable riches, including gold, pearls and silks.

Chelyabinsk Oblast has considerable subsurface gold reserves, which are concentrated in ore and placer deposits.

As a result of considerable raw resources, especially gold, silver, tin, and tungsten deposits, mining activities and road building had been developed during the Stalin era in the 1930s and 1940s under the coordination of Dalstroy and its forced labor camps.

They have won gold in Men's Junior fours at the International Flemish junior Championships in Gent, Belgium two years in a row ( 2007 Niall Kenny, Edward Fitzgerald, Charles Doyle, Martin Oliver, and Eoghan Staunton Cox 2008 Keith Duffy, Peter Sherry, Eddie Mularkey, Charles Doyle and Patrick Oliver Cox ) and have had considerable success at home, winning men's novice 4's championship of Ireland ( Niall Kenny, Luke Smith, Michael Freeney, Edward Fitzgerald and Keith Duffy ).

Known for its cotton, gold, and fine carpets, the city was the ancient Greek and Roman cultural center of Pergamon ; its wealth of ancient ruins continues to attract considerable tourist interest today.

a very considerable gathering of gold braid.

In 1856 another and more considerable gold rush took place, but did not lead to any lasting development.