Before the arrival of Europeans, Banda had an oligarchic form of government led by orang kaya (' rich men ') and the Bandanese had an active and independent role in trade throughout the archipelago.

Before its coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south.

Before the first Europeans arrived, there was no written history in the territory.

Before the arrival of Europeans, Grenada, was inhabited by Carib Indians who had driven the more peaceful Arawaks from the island.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the African slave trade, centuries old in Africa, was not yet the major feature of the coastal economy of Guinea.

Before Europeans arrived, Māori either walked or used watercraft on rivers or along the coasts.

Before Europeans arrived, Māori either walked or used watercraft on rivers or along the coasts.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the region was inhabited both by Algonquian ( Ojibwa, Cree and Algonquin ) in the northern / western portions and Iroquois and Wyandot ( Huron ) tribes more in the south / east.

Before the influx of Europeans, the Mi ' kmaq people inhabited Prince Edward Island.

Before the 1997 war, about 15, 000 Europeans and other non-Africans lived in Congo, most of whom were French.

Before the arrival of Europeans and Africans in the 16th century, various Amerindian groups passed through or settled on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, including the Ciboney, Arawak, and Carib peoples.

Before that time the region between the Vaal and Limpopo was scarcely known to Europeans, but in 1829, Mzilikazi was visited at Mosega by Robert Moffat, and between that date and 1836 a few British traders and explorers visited the country and made known its principal features.

Before Europeans arrived, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape ( Delaware ) Indians in the village of Shackamaxon.

Before the arrival of Europeans, an estimated 30 million people lived in South America.

Before Europeans arrived, the New Haven area was the home of the Quinnipiac tribe of Native Americans, who lived in villages around the harbor and subsisted off local fisheries and the farming of maize.

Before World War II, when the first modern hotel was built ( i. e. H Cerna, 1930 ) it remained a popular destination with Western Europeans, who lent the town a refined elegance.

Before the arrival of the First Fleet of Europeans at Sydney in 1788, indigenous Australians survived off the often unique native flora and fauna of the Australian bush, for between 40, 000 and 60, 000 years.

Before the arrival of Europeans in the 17th century, the Piedmont area was populated by Native Americans.

Before Europeans settled in the area around the 1870s, numerous Aboriginal clans occupied the fertile coastal strip.

Before the arrival of Europeans in Alaska, Ninilchik was a Dena ' ina Athabaskan lodging area used for hunting and fishing.

Before the arrival of Europeans, the area that is now Oxnard was inhabited by Chumash Native Americans.

Before the area where Ardsley is now located was settled by Europeans, it was inhabited by the Wickquasgeck Indians, a band of the Wappingers, related to the Lenape ( Delaware ) tribes which dominated lower New York state and New Jersey.

Before Europeans visited the Oregon coast, Native American tribes claimed the Coos Bay region as their homeland for thousands of years.

Before Europeans settled the land that is now part of Schuylkill Haven, the area was occupied by the Lenape people, who were known as the Delaware Indians by the English ).

Before he can sell the secret of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union, he is discovered by the British and is killed by members of MI5 who stage his death as a heart attack.

Before them, in 1784, the English chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish had discovered that air contains a small proportion of a substance less reactive than nitrogen.

Before the FMR1 gene was discovered, analysis of pedigrees showed the presence of male carriers who were asymptomatic, with their grandchildren affected by the condition at a higher rate than their siblings suggesting that genetic anticipation was occurring.

Before the connection between magnetism and electricity was discovered, electrostatic generators were used.

Before the novel's opening, " hyper-assistance ", a technology allowing travel at a little slower than the speed of light, is used to move a reclusive space station colony called Rotor from the vicinity of Earth to the newly discovered red dwarf, Nemesis.

Before oil was discovered in Signal Hill, there were large homes built on the hill itself, and in the lower elevations was an agricultural area where fruits, vegetables, and flowers were grown.

Before Laurel became a city or a community, people passed through the site during the gold rush period, when gold was discovered at the Clarks Fork headwaters.

Before the Franks family could pay the ransom, Tony Minke, a Polish immigrant, discovered the body.

Before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, it was common in country districts for shepherds to apply this cheese to wounds in order to avoid gangrene.

Before the trial began, it was discovered that Honora Rieper had never married Herbert Rieper, the man known as her husband.

Before dying, Gurgenidze states that according to Madison's last transmission, the duo had discovered " something big ," and she had said that gaining proof could lead to war.

Many years later a second series, Before the Fact, originally published in 1901, was discovered and published in book form edited and introduced by detective fiction scholar Douglas G. Greene.

Before that, he jumps over a fence to get away, ending up looking in a window where a fat man is having rough sex with his lady, and when he is discovered, Kid runs away, and the three punks are shot at.

Before its discovery, the taxon was believed to have become extinct during the Miocene ; when it was discovered, it was heralded as a " living fossil ".

Before Alex can fully understand and dispute his induction, Xur appears ( via a holographic projection ) inside of the Starfighter base and reveals he has discovered an infiltrator in his ranks and proceeds to broadcast his death by torture to the entire base, including his father, Ambassador Enduran ( Kay E. Kuter ), the Starfighter commander.

Before leaving Italy, Carlo had already discovered a warbler new to science, the Moustached Warbler, and on the voyage he collected specimens of a new storm-petrel.

Before the technique of injecting air into molten iron was discovered by Kelly and by Bessemer, iron was available as cast iron, a strong but brittle metal made in a blast furnace by treating iron ore with coke derived from coal, and wrought iron, a more malleable and flexible metal made by heating iron ore in a low oxygen environment in a bloomery heated by charcoal and producing " blooms ", which were 100 to 200 pound lumps of very low carbon iron mixed with slag.

In 2009, a German film collector discovered a print of it and brought it to the attention of CBS / Paramount, which then released it under the title " Where No Fan Has Gone Before "-The Restored, Unaired Alternate Pilot Episode as part of the TOS season 3 box set on Blu-ray ; it has not yet been released on DVD.

Before the bad cheque is discovered, the perpetrator goes on a spending spree or obtains cash advances until the newly -" raised " available limit on the card is reached.

Before the 1990s historians could only speculate about its existence and content until in 1997, during a joint Finnish-Russian project, the Russian professor Oleg Rzesevski discovered the protocol in the Moscow Kremlin.

" Before, Richards stated " Further cracks appeared when Richards discovered that H had been secretly dating the band's manager Tim Byrne.

* February 27 — Before rescheduled launch, a piece of detached foam was discovered, which prompted a round of technical inspections.

Before the advent of telescopic photography, eight moons of Saturn were discovered by direct observation using optical telescopes.

Before the Naggarok was fully assimilated, the drives of the ship were destroyed by the crew, but the ship released a distress beacon, which the Kuun-Lan discovered.