Due to the strategic location of the site it was fortified from very early. In the 8th and 7th century BC the site of Amphipolis was ruled by Illyrian tribes.

Due in part to these injuries, O ' Connell retired early in 1958 to take a coaching job in Illinois, and Milt Plum was named the starter.

Due to their large size, lanthanides, actinides, and early transition metals tend to have high coordination numbers.

Due to his death in 1995, this work never got past the stage of early ( and premature ) conceptualizations, some of which were published in the journals Forum Kritische Psychologie and Argument.

Due to its marked differences in its structure and phonology, some early philologists, most notably Warren Cowgill even argued that it should be classified as a sister language to Indo-European languages ( Indo-Hittite ), rather than a daughter language.

Due to his literary style and the thoroughness of his research — which seemingly included studying Roman imperial archives and heavily relying on Thucydides — and his apparent rigor — for he tended not to support any character or subject, taking an impartial point of view — he was by far the most read and admired historian during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the early Modern Era.

Due to the innovation of a three-stage system for African archaeology by John Hilary Goodman and Clarence van Riet Lowe of South Africa in the early 20th century, translations of " Old ," " Middle ," and " New Stone Age " can no longer be used for Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic.

Due to a common enemy, diplomatic cooperation between the two countries dramatically got back on track during the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Vladimir Putin was elected the President, and then the Prime Minister of Russia, and along with Chinese leader Hu Jintao opposed UN Peacekeepers in Darfur.

Due to the troubled political situation in France, work on the statue did not commence until the early 1870s.

Due to this early connection with Loki, Sigyn has been theorized as being a goddess dating back to an older form of Germanic paganism.

Due to the practice, dating to at least the early Neolithic, of building in stone on virtually treeless islands, Shetland is extremely rich in physical remains of the prehistoric eras and there are over 5, 000 archaeological sites all told.

Due to his tall frame (), he mostly played brutes early on in his career.

Due to the practice of dividing territories among different branches of the family, by the early 16th century junior lines of the Palatine Wittelsbachs came to rule in Simmern, Kaiserslautern, and Zweibrücken in the Lower Palatinate, and in Neuburg and Sulzbach in the Upper Palatinate.

Due to the long period of high inflation and economic struggle faced by Bolivians in the 1980s and early 1990s, a large informal economy developed.

Due to the difficulty of traveling there, early visitors to the valley came for several weeks to a couple of months, often as entire families with many possessions.

Due to fire suppression efforts and livestock grazing during the early and mid 20th century, low-intensity fires no longer occurred naturally in many groves, and still do not occur in some groves today.

Due to discontent towards the proposal of political reform made by the Hong Kong government, the Civic Party and the League of Social Democrats joined together to carry out " Five Constituencies Referendum " in early 2010, by having one Legislative Councillors ( from either one of the parties ) in each constituency resigned, forcing the government to carry out a by-election, thus giving a chance for all voters to show their will towards universal suffrage and the abolishment of functional constituencies. Quite often, it is refereed as " De facto referendum ".

Due to escalating violence from the Haitian Revolution, in early 1803, Pierre boarded a refugee ship for New Orleans.

Due to the inefficiency of early nuclear weapons, only a small amount of the nuclear material would be consumed during the explosion.

Due to the famous radio adaptation of the novel by Orson Welles on his show, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, the novel has become one of the best known early apocalyptic works.

Due to its often flavorful taste, easy availability and cheapness, it is popular with poor children, who can exhibit precancerous lesions at a very early age as a result.

Due to the belief that all biblical prophecy has been fulfilled, it is sometimes considered " radical " and usually described as " unorthodox " because it goes against all of the early Christian creeds.

Due to the film's perceived failure, Hawks was released early from his two-film contract with RKO and Gunga Din was eventually directed by George Stevens.

Due to convenient location on the edge of a large wilderness, and near the border of Lesser Poland and Mazovia, Radom quickly emerged as an important administrative center of the early Kingdom of Poland.

Due to the Huguenots ' early ties with the leadership of the Dutch Revolt and their own participation, some of the Dutch patriciate are of part-Huguenot descent.

Due to expansion of Major League Baseball, this team was replaced by the current San Diego Padres major-league team beginning in the 1969 season.

Due to Warneke's ensuing major league success, the St. Louis Cardinals later instituted a policy such that " any decision to release a player who possesse even one major-league skill ( speed, arm, defense, hitting, power ) must be made by more than one person " of their organization.

Due to the firm's commercial success many pirated editions were also produced in Lyons and elsewhere.

Due to the success of the James Bond film series the Italian film industry made large amounts of imitations and spoofs in the Eurospy genre from 1964-1967.

Due to this film's great box office success, Toho announced plans to do a sequel almost immediately.

Due to the success of ISDN, the number of installed analog lines is decreasing.

Due to his success and character variety, some critics have called him a " virtuoso " actor.

Due to the success of the introduction, Hormel Foods also introduced school " color-themed " spam.

Due to the enormous European success of Up!

Due to the huge success of Space Invaders, Taito opened in 1979 an American division called Taito America Corporation in order to release games in North America.

Due to the success of many Jurassic Park-related products, Velociraptor has become a ubiquitous representation of dinosaurs in popular culture.

Due to its success, the movie industry converted entirely to sound almost overnight.

* Due to the major success of broadband Internet connections, Voice over IP begins to gain popularity as a replacement for traditional telephone lines.

Due to the success of this special edition, Peugeot later created Roland Garros editions of its 106, 206, 207, 306 and 806 models.

Due to the success of Council-directed research in producing a sound-based method of detecting submarines, as well as other military innovations, the NRC was retained at the end of the war, though it was gradually decoupled from the military.

Due to the high sales for Kurt Cobain's Journals and the band's best-of compilation Nirvana upon their releases in 2002, The New York Times argued Nirvana " are having more success now than at any point since Mr. Cobain's suicide in 1994.

Due to the success of " Pardon Me ", Make Yourself reached Gold certification ( 500, 000 copies sold ) in April 2000.

Due to the late start and extensive delays releasing the second-generation MC88110, the m88k achieved very limited success outside of the MVME platform and embedded controller environments.

Due to its success, Huysmans retired from his civil service job and lived on his royalties.

Due to the success of the exhibit, NHL and CNE decided that a permanent home in the Exhibition Place was needed.

Due to the success of the pilot run, the team went on to produce approximately 2000 units over the next ten years.

Due to critical acclaim and commercial success ( at the time of its conclusion, it was DC ’ s best-selling series ), The Sandman spawned a number of spin-off volumes.

Due largely to the success of the Mario franchise, Bowser has become one of the most iconic and easily recognizable video game antagonists of all time.

Due to his success in the American Chess Congress, many people in America felt confident they had a player strong enough to challenge the best players abroad and that he should be supported by the American Chess Association to make those challenges.

Due to the success of the first Invasion, another science fiction themed event took place in Holt on 30 June 2007.

Due to a variety of adversities, their pioneering efforts were not the great success for which they had hoped.

Due to air quality and noise concerns, the City of Duarte has sought repeatedly to halt expansion of neighboring quarry operations, but has had no success against the monied interests behind the quarries and the neighboring city governments beholden to them.