Archaeologists suggested that the road's main purpose was to transport local and exotic goods inside and outside the canyon.

Other archaeologists think instead that the main purpose of the road system was a religious one, providing pathways for periodic pilgrimages and facilitating regional gatherings for seasonal ceremonies.

The main purpose of this work is to give a general account of Aristotelian cosmology and metaphysics, but it also has a polemical tone, and it may be directed at rival views within the Peripatetic school.

The main purpose of this system is to allow phone company technicians to identify which telephone line they are connected to.

In fact, Fitzmyer believes that the preface of Luke should only be “ the starting point in the discussion of the aim of Luke-Acts .” Because the author ’ s intended purpose for the Book of Acts is not that straightforward, scholars have put forth four main claims to address this.

One of the main units within Samuel is the " History of David's Rise ", the purpose of which is to justify David as the legitimate successor to Saul.

The main purpose of the bridge on a classical guitar is to transfer the vibration from the strings to the soundboard, which vibrates the air inside of the guitar, thereby amplifying the sound produced by the strings.

The CPAN's main purpose is to help programmers locate modules and programs not included in the Perl standard distribution.

Locke also held that the main purpose of men uniting into commonwealths and governments was for the preservation of their property.

The main purpose of these approaches is to deliver a very high dose of chemotherapy to tumor sites without causing overwhelming systemic damage.

The main purpose of these approaches is to deliver a very high dose of chemotherapy to tumour sites without causing overwhelming systemic damage.

In practice, positions within the Central Committee and Politburo are determined before a Party Congress, and the main purpose of the Congress is to announce the party policies and vision for the direction of China in the following few years.

The council's main purpose was to end the Papal schism which had resulted from the confusion following the Avignon Papacy.

He informed them that his main purpose was " to promote the basic concepts of education in a democracy.

Paul's main purpose in writing is to encourage and reassure the Christians there.

The main purpose of the epistle to the Romans is given by Paul in, where he reveals that he is set apart by God for the purpose of preaching the Gospel, which he explains.

The main purpose of illustrated songs was to encourage sheet music sales, and they were highly successful with sales reaching into the millions for a single song.

A fighter's main purpose is to establish air superiority over a battlefield.

Their main purpose in the novel is to show the reader the contrast between the firemen who do as they're told without question and someone like Montag, who formerly took pride in his job, but now realizes how damaging it is to society.

The main purpose of the programme is to attract public and media attention to the unacceptable situation that some 1 billion people continue to suffer from chronic hunger and malnutrition in a time of unprecedented plenty.

Its main purpose is to return the body to soil quickly while minimizing pollution and resource consumption.

The main purpose of the Red and White terror was to destroy the power structure of the opponent, clear and secure the areas governed by the armies since the beginning of the war and the areas seized and occupied by the common units during the conflict.

The main purpose of the bridge on an acoustic guitar is to transfer the vibration from the strings to the soundboard, which vibrates the air inside of the guitar, thereby amplifying the sound produced by the strings.

His main purpose was to produce an economic revival in Spain by abolishing internal custom-houses, throwing open the trade of the Indies and reorganizing the finances along lines that had been established by the French economist Jean Orry.

Darwin continued to research and extensively revise his theory while focusing on his main work of publishing the scientific results of the Beagle voyage.

The RMS Saint Helena used to connect the main island to St Helena and South Africa once each year during its January voyage, but has only done so twice in the last few years, namely 2006 and 2011.

And for the third voyage Beaglehole ’ s main source was a journal written, and much revised, by Cook up to early January 1779, a month before he died.

1911-1912 saw the world's first ever ocean-going diesel-powered ship, M / S Selandia, start her maiden voyage from Copenhagen to Bangkok with two B & W four-stroke main engines ( furnishing a total of 2, 500 hp ).

The main practical limit to the use of a gravity assist maneuver is that planets and other large masses are seldom in the right places to enable a voyage to a particular destination.

The uninhabited islands of Tristan da Cunha were first sighted in May 1506 during a voyage to India by the Portuguese admiral Tristão da Cunha, who named the main island after himself.

Throughout its main voyage to the Jupiter moons, it was to be propelled by an ion propulsion system via either the HiPEP or NEXIS engine, and powered by a small fission reactor.

The ships were then prepared to get them thoroughly cleaned, drained, and loaded with export goods for a return voyage, the third leg, to their home port, from the West Indies the main export cargoes were sugar, rum, and molasses ; from Virginia, tobacco and hemp.

Norberto Collado Abreu, who had served as main helmsman for the 1956 voyage, was given the responsibility of guarding and preserving the yacht.

Eichendorff's best known work, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts ( English: Of the Life of a Good-For-Nothing ) is typical romantic novella, whose main themes are voyage and love.

The voyage itself was rather uneventful, the direction and speed of the wind being the main topic in Winthrop's Journal, as it affected how much progress was made each day.

He is the architect and main proponent of the ' mega-carrier ' plan, and is aboard the TCS Midway, the first of the new class, on its maiden voyage, detailed in Wing Commander: Prophecy.

The Phaeacians help him finish his voyage, and he returns to Ithaca where he meets up with Telemachus and, together, the two deal with the suitors, who were the poem's first main concern.

Following the inception of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection in 1838, the development of Darwin's theory to explain the " mystery of mysteries " of how new species originated was his " prime hobby " in the background to his main occupation of publishing the scientific results of the Beagle voyage.

Stanley died in Sydney on the return trip having accomplished the main objects of the voyage and was given a state funeral.

It is located 540 km and more than a day ’ s voyage by sea from Port Blair which has the capital city and main port of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Cornelisz, whose main motive in sailing for the East seems to have been to recover from his crippling financial position, became friendly with the Batavias skipper, Ariaen Jacobsz, in the course of the ship's long voyage.

It was also featured in a recent History Channel program as the saving tool of the Pilgrims ' voyage – the main crossbeam, a key structural component of their small ship, cracked during a severe storm.