Although court records and other independent records existed beforehand, the definitive work in early Chinese historical writing was the Shiji ( 史記 / 史记 ), written by the Han Dynasty court historian Sima Qian ( 145 BCE-90 BCE ).

Although Sima was defeated, he maintained himself well by publicly admitting his faults and promoting the generals who advised him against the campaign.

Although Sima Yong was initially victorious, timely reinforcements from the Prince of Fanyang, Sima Chu ( Sima Yue's cousin ), mostly consisting of barbarian troops, helped turn the tide.

Although being challenged many times by Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi did not send his armies to attack.

Although not a popular theory, some believe this intention of betrayal to the Cao line stretched as far back as Sima Yi's days of serving the original Wei ruler, Cao Cao.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Although New Orleans was not to learn of it for a spell, she also was a sadist, a nymphomaniac and unobtrusively mad -- the perpetrator of some of the worst crimes against humanity ever committed on American soil.

Although Faulkner was the heir in his own family to this tradition, he did not have Stark Young's inclination to romanticize and sentimentalize the planter society.

Although his tender nights were not the ones I dreamed of, nor was it for yachts, sports cars, tall drinks, and swimming pools, nor yet for money or what money buys that I burned, I too was burning and watching myself burn.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although he did not attend any celebrated schools or universities, he was a master of Greek and Hebrew and could read the Bible in the original.

Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.

Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.

Although Mr. Brown was not himself its inventor ( it was a French idea ), it is typical that his intuition first conceived the importance of mass producing this basic tool for general use.

Although it was a mere fragment of the victim's remains, it was enough.

Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.

Although the tape was run for over 1 hr., a steady state was not reached, and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate.

-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

Although Rome ceased to be an operational capital, Rome continued to be nominal capital of the entire Roman Empire, not reduced to the status of a province but under its own, unique Prefect of the City ( praefectus urbis, later copied in Constantinople ).

Although Ford had taken great care to blend into Earth society, he had " skimped a bit on his preparatory research ," and thought that the name " Ford Prefect " would be " nicely inconspicuous.

Each diocese comprised several Roman provinces, now rather known as eparchy, each under the authority of a provincial governor ( see above ), of various ranks and carrying a series of titles, including republican relics such as Proconsul and novelties such as Corrector provinciae, Moderator Provinciae, Praeses provinciae Although the Vicarius's authority was supreme within his diocese, he was under the authoirty of Praetorian Prefect whose power he partook of ( see below ) or the Emperor himself.

Although tolerated at first, he was eventually expelled by the City Prefect.

Although the Mongols killed Henry and destroyed his forces, their advance into Europe was halted when they turned back to attend to the election of a new Khagan ( Grand Khan ) following the death in the same year of Ögedei Khan.

Although there are sections exclusively for women and children, the Grand Mosque in Mecca is desegregated.

Although the Germans claimed victory at Jutland, the British Grand Fleet remained in control at sea.

Although fighting stopped after the preliminary peace in 1735, the final peace settlement had to wait until the death of the last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gian Gastone in 1737, to allow the territorial exchanges provided for by the peace settlement to go into effect.

Although the Grand Union intended to buy the Oxford Canal and Coventry Canal, this did not take place.

Although the Grand Union company had a number of broad boats built to take advantage of the improvements, they never really caught on and the canal continued to be operated largely by pairs of narrow boats, whose journeys were facilitated by the newly widened locks in which they could breast up.

Although the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) capital at Chang ' an was the most thriving metropolis of China in its day, it was the city of Yangzhou — in proximity to the Grand Canal — that was the economic hub of the Tang era.

Although the Tang and Song dynasty international seaports — the greatest being Guangzhou and Quanzhou, respectively — and maritime foreign trade brought merchants great fortune, it was the Grand Canal within China that spurred the greatest amount of economic activity and commercial profit.

Although some jurisdictions maintain a separate Great Priory of the Temple and Great Priory of Malta ( as, for example, in England ), the Grand Master and other officers of both Great Priories hold simultaneous equal office in both bodies.

Although Bill Clinton won Grand County in 1992, the county voted for Bob Dole in 1996.

Although the idea of the Grand Coulee Dam would not be approved until 1933 and still not implemented until 1939, the project would fundamentally change the region forever.

Although he is best known for his Gothic revival churches, Scott felt that the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras railway station | St Pancras station was his most successful project.

Although not commercial successes, Dear World ( 1969 ) starring Angela Lansbury, Mack & Mabel ( 1974 ) starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters, and The Grand Tour ( 1979 ) starring Joel Grey are noted for their interesting concepts and their melodic, memorable scores.

Although spared the Mongol armies in 1240, Smolensk paid tribute to the Golden Horde, gradually becoming a pawn in the long struggle between Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Although the King felt obliged by public opinion to grant Codrington the high honour of the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Admiralty's failure to give him another operational command in his remaining decade of service or to promote him to full Admiral until shortly before his retirement from the Navy in 1837, were eloquent testimony to his fall from favour.

Although the " Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad ", was chartered in 1857, PM did not take over operations of the lines through plymouth, nor did it build anything along the lines, until during or after 1900, with the merger of three railroad lines-the " Flint and Pere Marquette ", the " Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western ", and the " Chicago and West Michigan " Railways.

Although the town is named after the river in the southern United States, its name is pronounced " Rye-O Grand " rather than the traditional Spanish pronunciation so that it rhymes with " Ohio.

Although fighting stopped after the preliminary peace, the final peace settlement had to wait until the death of the last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gian Gastone in 1737, to allow the territorial exchanges provided for by the peace settlement to go into effect.

Although the track " No Hard Feelings " recently broke into the Modern Rock Top 50, their second single " Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss " ( which is featured in a Blaupunkt, a BGL Grand Wizard ad ) has started radio circulation with a music video airing limitedly on a few music channels.

Although Farner and Brewer had known Frost from the Terry Knight and the Pack days and Frost had both recorded and toured with Grand Funk as a sideman, he was not the band's first choice.

Although the Duchy of Nassau was annexed by Prussia in 1866, Duke Adolf maintained and renewed the Order when he became Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Although in a rural area, Grand Junction has many local television and radio stations able to be received by residents with basic outdoor antennas.

Although different in detail to those later used successfully on the Grand Western Canal, it was essentially very similar.

Although Louis Renault never raced again, his company remained very involved, including Ferenc Szisz winning the first Grand Prix motor racing event in a Renault AK 90CV in 1906.