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As the city continued to prosper during the 18th century, Georgian Dublin became, for a short period, the second largest city of the British Empire and the fifth largest city in Europe, with the population exceeding 130, 000.
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Monsieur Favre's threat would become a reality, for he continued to proclaim loudly that the city must rid itself of `` that Frenchman ''.
In 1453 when the last vestige of ancient Roman power fell to the Turks, the city officially shifted religions -- although the Patriarch, or Pope, of the Orthodox Church continued to live there, and still does -- and became the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Although federal and city narcotic agents sometimes worked together, Sokol continued, rivalries developed when they were `` aiming at the same criminals ''.
As chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense, Johnson continued his relentless opposition to spending, especially when the capital city was the beneficiary ; he argued it was egregious to expect citizens in other states to fund the infrastructure of another locality, regardless of the fact it was the seat of government.
The conquest of the city of Marrakech by the Almohads in 1147 marked the fall of the dynasty, though fragments of the Almoravids ( the Banu Ghaniya ), continued to struggle in the Balearic Islands, and finally in Tunisia.
The second Abbasid caliph, Al Mansur ( 754 – 775 ) founded the city of Baghdad to act as a centre of learning, and included in its design a library-translation centre known as Bayt al-Hikma ‘ Storehouse of Wisdom ’, which continued to receive development from his heirs and was to provide a major impetus for Arabic-Persian translations of Hellenistic astrological texts.
Two weeks later a French envoy continued to foment the revolutionary opinions of the city.
This name was used in Turkish side by side with Kostantiniyye, the more formal adaptation of the original Constantinople, during the period of Ottoman rule, while western languages mostly continued to refer to the city as Constantinople until the early 20th century.
It was however the lumber industry that continued to dominate the city, drawing in a large immigrant labor force, most of whom were Swedish ( two of Cadillac's sister cities are Mölnlycke, Sweden, and Rovaniemi, Finland ).
In 1894, he established a permanent French administration in the city of Djibouti and named the region Côte française des Somalis ( French Somaliland ), a name which continued until 1967.
After the population recovered it continued building up the city and in 1364 a crane was built for the port.
In Caesarea, Origenist thought was continued in the generation after his death by Theotecnus, bishop of the city for much of the late 3rd century and an alumnus of Origen's school.
The Roman advance now continued westward from Agrigentum to relieve in 260 BC the besieged city of Macella, which had sided with Rome and were attacked by the Carthaginians for doing so.
Kaminaljuyu was first occupied between 1200 and 1000 BC and the city continued to be inhabited for about 2000 years before it was abandoned in the Late Classic Period of Mesoamerican chronology ( 600 – 900 AD ).
All of those who could afford it left the city, but Zwingli remained and continued his pastoral duties.
Attendance continued to dwindle over the years as a result of the team playing poorly and city officials were wary of such an investment and negotiations were slow and contentious.
While the Afghan government tries to rebuild the war-torn city, insurgents have continued to stage attacks not only against the Afghan government and US-led NATO forces but also against foreign diplomats and Afghan civilians.
A system of 800 public buses continued to provide transportation services to the city.
As the city's population continued to grow, the inner city also continued to decline.
After gradual decline of its strength, Phoenician city states on the Lebanese coast were conquered outright by the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, which organized it as a satrapy, though many of Phoenician colonies continued their independent existence-most notably Carthage.
On 1 January 1874 Liegnitz became the third city in Lower Silesia ( after Breslau and Görlitz ) to be raised to an urban district, although the district administrator of the surrounding Landkreis Liegnitz continued to have his seat in the city.
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The city began to prosper once more, as witnessed by the Arab geographer Al Idrisi, who mentions it as a centre of business and wine production around 1150.
These innovations stored water for prolonged periods of drought, and enabled the city to prosper from its sale.
** The lifting of the Car d ’ Or on a paved area near the church of Saint Waltrude ; tradition holds that this operation must be successful for the city to prosper.
The peace times that followed the turmoil of the late 17th Century allowed the city to prosper and Limerick grew rich through trade in the late 18th century.
The 18th century brought the Bourbon dynasty and its pro-trade policies, and these benefited the city, causing it to prosper again.
The victims were probably enemy warriors captured in battle and brought to the city for ritual sacrifice to ensure the city could prosper.
The formation of Lake Hemet helped the city grow and prosper, and stimulated agriculture in the area.
Anna B., granddaughter of James and Mary, felt the area would prosper and began promoting the idea of a riverfront city.
The authors claim that " until recently, many assumed that city governments would continue to grow and prosper ".
This unity allowed Venice to prosper as an economic city state superpower for several centuries while other nations came and went.
Today, the city has started to prosper again, thanks in part to its tin products and tourist activity.
Its favorable climate and strategic location helped the city to prosper, quickly becoming the second most important city in New Spain.
In order to prosper and maintain its wealth, the city of Ypres had to be fortified, to keep out potential invaders.
This city was renamed as Dıraç, the city did not prosper under the Ottomans and its importance declined greatly.
Around the 17th century, the city began to prosper and it became the center of the Sanjak of Scutari ( sanjak was an Ottoman administrative unit smaller than a vilayet ).
In its days of production, ( late 19th century – early 20th century ) it was the richest copper deposit ever discovered, causing the accompanying town of Bisbee, Arizona to prosper, becoming the largest city between St. Louis in the east, and San Francisco in the west for a short while.
Gujranwala is an extremely accessible city, benefiting from excellent road and rail links built during the reign of the British that have allowed the city to grow and prosper.
Al and Darlene later prosper due to Lobo's appetite for destruction ; he destroys the city, except for the diner, leaving hordes of construction workers only one place to eat lunch.
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He flew over Rome one day during the early days of Mussolini and scattered leaflets over the city, denouncing the Fascists.
His testimony came during a hearing on a bill raising fees for a wide variety of licenses, permits and city services.
The castle of Abensberg was destroyed during the Thirty Years ' War, although the city had bought a guarantee of protection from the Swesidh general, Carl Gustaf Wrangel.
An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army ( JNA ), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August – November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence
The city and its fortified sourroundings were encircled 13 September – 16 October 1944 by the US 1st Infantry Division and 3rd Armored Division in conjunction with the US 2nd Armored Division and 30th Infantry Division during the prolonged Battle of Aachen, later reinforced by US 28th Infantry Division elements.
The city was destroyed partially — and in some parts completely — during the fighting, mostly by American artillery fire and demolitions carried out by the Waffen-SS defenders.
The city had long been ruled by kings born to the Penthilid clan but, during the poet's life, the Penthilids were a spent force and rival aristocrats and their factions contended with each other for supreme power.
* 1929 – Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
On one occasion he was separated from Ursicinus and took refuge in Amida during the siege of the city, which was then attacked by the Sassanid king Shapur II ; he barely escaped with his life.
The civilian population of the city dropped to near zero during the eight-years Iran – Iraq War. As of the 1986 census due to the war the population dropped to only 6 people.
* 1995 – The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm.
The city states of this region later formed a confederation known as the Achaean League which was influential during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.
Aeschylus travelled to Sicily once or twice in the 470s BC, having been invited by Hiero I of Syracuse, a major Greek city on the eastern side of the island ; and during one of these trips he produced The Women of Aetna ( in honor of the city founded by Hieron ) and restaged his Persians.
The University of Michigan moved from Detroit to Ann Arbor in 1839, and the city showed steady growth throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, except during the Depression of 1873.
In 1851, Ann Arbor was chartered as a city, though the city showed a drop in population during the Depression of 1873.
These influences washed into municipal politics during the early and mid-1970s when three members of the Human Rights Party ( HRP ) won city council seats on the strength of the student vote.
The city of Ashur again flourished, and appears to have gained a great deal of autonomy during this period.
Temples were still being dedicated to the national god Ashur in his home city and in Harran during the 4th century AD, indicating an Assyrian identity was still strong.
The city of Assur was still occupied by Assyrians during the Islamic period until the 14th century when Tamurlane conducted a massacre of indigenous Assyrian Christians.
Phoenix is by far the hottest major city in North America ; the average high temperature during baseball's regular season is, and game-time temperatures well above are very common during the summer.
The end of the 19th century witnessed a sharp recovery of the local economy with increasing international trade and the growth of the city harbour leading to increased exports of several products ( particularly during World War I when Spain was a neutral country ).
In 1237 and 1244 two towns, Cölln and Berlin were founded during the rule of Otto and Johann, grandsons of Margrave Albert the Bear, ( later they were united into one city, Berlin ).
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