Before the establishment of ICANN, the Government of the United States controlled the domain name system of the Internet.

Before its establishment, Rulers were immune from any proceedings brought against them in their personal capacity.

Before the establishment of the present European Commission, there was the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community.

Before its establishment as a Republic, Rome was ruled by kings ( Latin reges, singular rex ).

Before the establishment of the League of Corinth, even though the Macedonians apparently spoke a dialect of the Greek language and claimed proudly that they were Greeks, they were not considered to fully share the classical Greek culture by many of the inhabitants of the southern city states, because they did not share the polis based style of government.

Before the establishment of University College Falmouth Cornwall was one of the few counties without a university.

Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Vatican opposed Zionist policies and objectives in Palestine.

Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Switzerland maintained a consulate in Jerusalem and a consular agency in Tel Aviv.

Before the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, civil power in Japan was primarily held by the ruling emperors and their regents, typically appointed from the ranks of the imperial court and the aristocratic clans that vied there.

Before the establishment of the Chickamauga Post in 1902 by United States Army, an unincorporated city existed, where Fort Oglethorpe was later established, called Hargrave, Georgia after the name of the land owner and ex-Confederate soldier, William Hamilton Hargrave.

Before the establishment Wahkon, the site was an Ojibwe village named Sagawamick ( from the Ojibwe language Zaagawaamik, meaning " Sandbar ").

Before the establishment of centralized post offices, local offices were established in general stores, railroad depots and other public venues in densely populated areas.

Before his Privy Council appointment, Chalmers applied himself to investigating the history and establishment of the English colonies in North America.

Before the construction of the first monastic establishment in the 8th century, the island was called " monte tombe ".

Before the establishment of the Executive Yuan in 1928, the premier of the Republic of China was created as " Premier of Cabinet " in 1912.

Before the formation of UTJ and the establishment of Degel HaTorah, the two factions were united under one united Agudat Yisrael party, but the late mentor and supreme guide of the non-Hasidic group, Rabbi Elazar Shach ( 1898-2001 ) broke away from the Hasidic wing when it was clear that the party was not living up to its mandate to represent all Torah Jewry.

Before its establishment, monetary functions were performed by government departments and agencies.

Before the establishment of the Margraviate of Brandenburg it was the place of a Slavic stockade.

Before the establishment of the High Court, appeals from the state Supreme Courts could be made only to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which involved the great expense of physically travelling to London.

Before the end of the Chinese Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the airport provided flight routes between Shanghai and Taipei, occasionally via Fuzhou.

Before the establishment of Israel, the Arab village of Yibna was located there.

Before 1967 I had not found it difficult to publish reports in these journals, and by then I had about 150 articles and several books in the establishment press.

Before the establishment of patriarchs ( beginning in AD 325 ), metropolitan was the highest episcopal rank in the Eastern rites of the Church.

Before the establishment of modern nation states in the region during the mid-20th century, Maghreb most-commonly referred to a smaller area between the Atlas Mountains in the south and the Mediterranean Sea, often also including eastern Libya, but not modern Mauritania.

Before the French and Spanish occupation of Morocco, which started in 1912, the country's defence force was made of a regular Makhzen army, and of a less organized but much more powerful Berber tribes ' militias.

Before Interim Constitution replaces Constitution of Kingdom of Nepal 1990, 1990 constitution has prosion for defence council.

Before the outbreak of the Rising of the North in 1569 he unsuccessfully urged James Pilkington, the bishop of Durham, to put the city in a state of defence, but he was more successful at Newcastle, which resisted the rebels.

Before they arrived, however, Obote sent his defence minister Felix Onama to negotiate with the mutineers.

Before each round of air attack, the naval units make a defence roll, which may destroy some attacking air factors or cause others to abort ( those factors may still attack on the next round of combat ).

Before capture Kelt managed to send a message to the coastal defence ship HNoMS Norge, alerting the local Norwegian naval commander of the incoming vessels.

Before World War II he was on the editorial staff of the Glasgow Herald, and after the war he joined the Foreign Office, serving in diplomatic posts in Vienna, the Middle East, and, from 1953, in Whitehall — where he specialised in economic and defence intelligence work.

Before the start of his World Championship defence, Higgins admitted his performance levels had not been good enough and that he had not been trying hard enough, only managing one or two days of practice a week.

Before the return of Parliament in September 2010, Ignatieff shuffled his Shadow Cabinet and appointed LeBlanc as the Liberal critic for national defence.

Before becoming minister of defense, Gürragchaa worked as the chief of staff of air defence for the Mongolian Armed Forces.

Before the Siege ended he became the symbol of the defence of Warsaw in 1939.

Before they came to understand the nature and importance of this defence system their further advance was blocked by an impassable water and mud barrier.

Before the partial murder defence of diminished responsibility was introduced to English law in the Homicide Act 1957, this provided an important means of selecting a more lenient sentence for a mother found guilty of killing her infant than the mandatory life sentence or death sentence applying to murder at the time.

Before the war, the area of the village of Wizna was prepared as a fortified line of defence.

Before becoming Air Force Commander in 1991, Shikapwasha served as a diplomat and defence attache to Tanzania but fell out of favour with former president Kenneth Kaunda.

Before writing his first love-letter, Euryalus quotes Virgil in defence of his position, Amor vincit omnia et nos cedamus amori ( translated: " Love conquers all ; let us all yield to love!

Before 1957, the Union of South Africa had relied on small standing cadres for defence, expanding during wartime through the use of white conscripts.

Before entering Parliament, Hanna practised law, primarily in the areas of injury litigation and criminal defence.

Before this feedback arrived he developed plans for the expedition to Quebec, and worked with the provincial governors of the Thirteen Colonies to develop plans for a coordinated defence of the frontier, including the allotment of militia quotas to each province.

Before joining the CBC, Manera was an electrical engineer and had worked in the US defence industry.