After 1180 BC, the Hittite empire disintegrated into several independent " Neo-Hittite " states, subsequent to losing much territory to the Middle Assyrian Empire and being finally overrun by the Phrygians, another Indo-European people who are believed to have migrated from The Balkans.

After losing 7 straight games, the decision was made to release head coach Dan Reeves.

After sweeping Minnesota in the American League Championship Series, Baltimore was shocked by losing to the New York Mets in a five-game World Series.

But most damaging, the new situation effectively trapped Russian foreign policy: After 1913, Russia could not afford losing its last ally in this crucial area and thus had no alternatives but to unconditionally support Serbia when the crisis between Serbia and Austria broke out in 1914.

After losing the 1945 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, the Cubs finished with winning seasons the next two years, but those teams did not enter post-season play.

After losing a dismal 103 games in 1966, the Cubs brought home consecutive winning records in ' 67 and ' 68, marking the first time a Cub team had accomplished that feat in over two decades.

After losing an extra-inning game in Game 1, the Cubs rallied and took a 3 games to 1 lead over the Wild Card Florida Marlins in the NLCS.

After losing each of the first two games by two runs, the Rockies opened up a 5 – 2 lead against Matt Cain in the finale of the series on August 30.

After World War II, the club reached the FA Cup Final twice, losing in 1946 and winning in 1947.

After losing the first three games of the series against the Sharks, the Red Wings won three consecutive games to force a Game 7, becoming just the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat ( the Chicago Blackhawks became the seventh team to do so earlier in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, against the Vancouver Canucks ).

After several years of losing money, the original museum closed down in 1989 and the Evoluon was converted into a conference center, opening in 1998.

After even refusing to give Wallach a token payment for losing out on two jobs, the actor said, " I'll sue you "— to which Leone replied, " Get in line ", and slammed down the phone.

After losing a physical confrontation with Douglass, Covey never tried to beat him again.

After surrender in North Africa and losing the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 – 43, the Germans were on the defensive.

After losing control of Amazing Stories, Gernsback founded two new science fiction magazines, Science Wonder Stories and Air Wonder Stories.

After defeats in battle, the desertion of his Armenian allies and his failure to capture Parthian strongholds convinced Antony to retreat, his army was further depleted by the hardships of its retreat through Armenia in the depths of winter, losing more than a quarter of its strength in the course of the campaign.

After enduring a few losing seasons, the team returned to contention in 1930.

After several losing seasons, the team, led by Kent Hrbek, Frank Viola, Bert Blyleven, Jeff Reardon, and rising star Kirby Puckett, returned to the World Series, defeating the Tigers in the ALCS.

After a winning season in 1992, the Twins fell into a years-long stretch of mediocrity, posting a losing record each year for the next eight years: 71 – 91 in 1993, 50 – 63 in 1994, 56 – 88 in 1995, 78 – 84 in 1996, 68 – 94 in 1997, 70 – 92 in 1998, 63 – 97 in 1999 and 69 – 93 in 2000.

After losing his northern hill territories to King Prithvi, Chauhan Raja Nawal Singh was forced to move to his southern territories ( currently Tulsipur / Balarampur in India ) and ruled as one of the largest Taluqdar of Oudh.

After losing in the first round to the Vikings in 1997, the Giants needed to close out the season with four wins to finish 8 – 8 in 1998.

After starting 5 – 0 in the 2009 season, New York lost to the likewise undefeated New Orleans Saints at the Superdome 48 – 27, beginning a four game losing streak, in which they lost to the Arizona Cardinals 24 – 17, the San Diego Chargers 21 – 20 and the Philadelphia Eagles 40 – 17.

After losing the conference championship in 2001 to the St. Louis Rams, in 2002 to the eventual Super Bowl Champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2003 to the Carolina Panthers, the Eagles advanced to Super Bowl XXXIX at the end of the 2004 season, where they lost to the New England Patriots, 24 – 21.

After being defeated in 1898 in the Spanish-American War and losing possession of the Philippine Islands, Spain sold the Palau archipelago to Imperial Germany in the 1899 German-Spanish Treaty.

After a run of regular-season success in the early 1990s ( making the NLCS three straight years ), the Pirates have struggled in recent decades, with 20 consecutive losing seasons to date, the longest in North American professional sports history.

After some early struggles, that team eventually became baseball's most successful franchise — the New York Yankees.

After expressing his interest to play in the 2011 fourth edition of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ), and despite not having have played active cricket for four years, Brian Lara still managed to attract the highest reserve price of $ 400, 000 ahead of the IPL players ' auction in early January 2011 ; however, no franchise bought him.

After being dismissed as the Browns ' head coach by Art Modell ( who had purchased majority interest in the team in ) in January, Brown had shown interest in establishing another NFL franchise in Ohio and looked at both Cincinnati and Columbus.

After over a dozen more subpar seasons, in 1981 the Cubs hired GM Dallas Green from Philadelphia to turn around the franchise.

After a 1992 accounting and embezzlement scandal at Phar-Mor tarnished Monus ' reputation, both Monus and Antonucci were forced to sell their stakes in the franchise.

After hiring Buddy Bell as the club's third manager, O ' Dowd proceeded to make a series of offseason deals that would change the face of the franchise.

After two years there, Young jumped to the newly-created American League, joining the Boston franchise.

After a few Marshall expletives, Murchison gave the rights to " Hail to the Redskins " to Marshall for his vote, the lone one against Murchison getting a franchise at that time, and a rivalry was born.

After several years of directing primarily lower-key live-action films, Hideaki Anno formed his own production studio and revisited his still-popular Evangelion franchise with the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy, a new series of films providing an alternate retelling of the original story.

After the suppression of the Mau Mau rising, the British provided for the election of the six African members to the Legislative Council under a weighted franchise based on education.

After a string of mediocre seasons, a rejuvenated Johnson rebounded in 1924 to win 23 games with the help of his catcher, Muddy Ruel, as the Senators won the American League pennant for the first time in the history of the franchise.

After the 2004 season, with Mark Attanasio now in control of the franchise, the Brewers were finally able to spend some money on free agents.

After the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas Day 2006, the Saints clinched a first-round playoff bye for the first time in franchise history.

After achieving a record of 13 – 0 with their win over the Atlanta Falcons, it marked the Saints ' best start to a season in its franchise history.

After their struggles in the latter half of the 1960s and the entire 1970s, the Giants hired an outsider, George Young, to run the football operations for the first time in franchise history.

After more than a year of searching for a suitable replacement, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to a syndicate headed by Bert Bell and Lud Wray and awarded them the assets of the failed Yellow Jackets organization.

After the franchise lost its 10, 000th game in 2007, its core of young players, including infielders Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Jimmy Rollins and pitcher Cole Hamels, responded by winning the National League East division title, but they were swept by the Colorado Rockies in the Division Series.

After the passage of the Great Reform Bill in 1832, the Commons gradually became more progressive, a tendency that increased with the passage of each subsequent expansion of the franchise.

Raven has a history of working with id Software: After using id's engines for many of their games ( from Heretic in 1994 ), they took over development of id's Quake franchise for Quake 4 and the new iteration of id's Wolfenstein series.

After the 1992 season, owner Bob Lurie, who had previously saved the franchise from moving to Toronto in 1976, put the team up for sale.

After two consecutive close second place finishes, the Giants, under new manager Felipe Alou, recorded 100 victories for the seventh time in franchise history and the third time in San Francisco, winning their division for the third time in seven seasons.

After the Super Bowl, the Redskins set another franchise record by sending eight players to the Pro Bowl.

After two seasons, John Kent Cooke was unable to raise sufficient funds to permanently purchase the Redskins, and on May 25, 1999, Daniel Snyder gained unanimous approval ( 31 – 0 ) from league owners and bought the franchise for $ 800 million, a deal that was the most expensive team-purchasing deal in sporting history.

After union, the Cape Province was permitted to keep a restricted version of its multi-racial qualified franchise, and thus became the only province where coloureds ( mixed-race people ) and Black Africans could vote.

After his departure from office, Condit moved to Arizona and operated an ice cream store franchise.