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 to its strategic location at the mouth of the Bab el Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, Djibouti also hosts various foreign military bases.

Due to Latvia's strategic location and prosperous city, its territories were a frequent focal point for conflict and conquest between at least four major powers, the State of the Teutonic Order ( later Germany ), the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sweden and Russia.

Due to its strategic location, the Prussian authorities intended to make Poznań into a fortress city, building a ring of defensive fortifications around it.

Due to its strategic significance, Yerevan was constantly fought over, and passed back and forth, between the dominion of Persia and the Ottomans.

Due to its strategic position in the Mediterranean Sea, Alghero was built around a fortified port, founded around 1102 by the Genoese Doria family.

Due to this commercial growth and strategic commercial position, Ommen eventually joined the prosperous Hanseatic League-although most of its trade was not directly with the Baltic Sea region, but with fellow Hanseatic cities Zwolle, Kampen, Zutphen and especially Deventer, of which it was a subsidiary city.

Due to its strategic location on the border between the County of Holland and the Bishopric of Utrecht, various wars have been fought in and around Woerden by the various lords and ladies of these realms.

Due to these features, the city was one of the strategic points held by the Dutch during their revolt in the Eighty Years War.

Due to its strategic position on the rail line, the commercial center thrived in spite of the absence of a road.

Due to its advantageous proximity to the entrance to the Baltic Sea, Frederikshavn has historically been a naval base of some strategic importance.

Due in part to the fact that Austrian Corps on other sectors of the battlefield failed to attack at the same time, Rosenberg was forced to draw his troop back to their initial positions, occupying the plateau and the strategic village of Markgrafneusiedl, situated just below the escarpment.

Due to its strategic position, Brigg was fortified by Royalist forces during the civil war.

Due to the large scale of the operations associated with invasions, they are usually strategic in planning and execution.

Due to the city's strategic geographic position and the abundance of water from nearby springs, Neapolis prospered, accumulating extensive territory, including the former Judean toparchy of Acraba.

Due to a very low level of interactions between U. S. commercial fisheries and ringed seals, the Alaska stock of ringed seals is not considered a strategic stock.

Due to its strategic location at the entrance to Tokyo Bay, the Shogunate established the post of Uraga Bugyō in 1720, and all shipping into the bay was required to stop for inspection.

Due to its strategic location in one of the most populous areas in the world ( nearly 100 million people in Henan alone ) and in China's railway, road and aviation transport networks, Zhengzhou is increasingly attracting domestic and international investment as well as migrants from other areas, transforming the city into one of the largest economic centers in China.

Due to its strategic positioning between all three warring factions during the Three Kingdoms era, many battles were fought in Jing Province over the course of the various campaigns and battles fought between the states of Shu, Wei and Wu in years to come.

Due to its strategic location between the northern and southern parts of the West Bank, Palestinians see this as a threat to the territorial continuity of a future Palestinian state.

Due to its strategic location and wide beaches, it was also one of the targets for the planned invasion of Japan during the final stages of World War II.

Due to insufficient forces, Poland's 200-mile-long front was manned by a thin line of 120, 000 troops backed by some 460 artillery pieces with no strategic reserves.

Due to its strategic location, the Taliban insurgents often try to position themselves in the area for a possible take over but NATO-led forces have pushed them away in recent years.

Due to its strategic location at the entrance of Edo Bay, Uraga has often been the first point of contact between visiting foreign ships and Japan.

Due to its strategic location at the foot of several alpine passes, the area around Meiringen was settled at least in the Early Middle Ages.

Due to mutual agreements with foreign clubs, the youth academy has also signed foreign players as teenagers before making first team debuts, such as Belgian defensive trio Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Thomas Vermaelen ( now with Arsenal ) and winger Tom de Mul ( now with Sevilla ), all of whom are full internationals as well as Dutch youth international Javier Martina and Vurnon Anita of the Netherlands Antilles.

Due to the defensive ferocity of the eagles, predation on the Golden Eagle is rare even with eggs and small nestlings.

Due to its high position, protected by the River Waveney and marshes, the site was in a good defensive position and attracted settlers from early times.

Due to his weight and age, his opponents are often lured into a false sense of security, only to find he is a formidable combatant, as he has managed to force to fight on the defensive, opponents as dangerous as Spider-man, Daredevil, and Captain America.

Due to its size, gregariousness and its defensive abilities, the Common Raven has few natural predators.

Due to the country's turbulent history, filled with defensive wars and constant fighting for freedom, the development of culture, especially music, was a secondary interest for Montenegrins.

Due to their good high altitude performance and lack of ordnance-carrying capabilities ( compared to the Hellcats and Corsairs of the Fleet ) the Seafires were allocated the vital defensive duties of Combat Air Patrol ( CAP ) over the fleet.

Due to the dugouts ' location in foul territory, live balls entering dugouts usually only occur after an errant throw by the defensive team.

Due to these requirements, second base is sometimes a primarily defensive position in the modern game, but there are hitting stars as well.

Due to the advent of the offside rule in the modern game, defenders and centre-backs in particular need to ensure that the defensive line is strictly enforced when opposition attacking players are nearby.

Due to this, Army Pomorze under general Władysław Bortnowski found itself in the Polish Corridor, surrounded by German forces on two fronts, and Army Poznań under general Tadeusz Kutrzeba was pushed to the westernmost fringes of the Second Polish Republic, separated both from its primary defensive positions, and from other Polish Armies.

Due to this prohibition, several kinds of non-sword, defensive weapons were carried by palace guards.

Due to club commitments and injury he had to miss out on the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers for Pakistan, a situation that proved costly for the national team as defensive blunders cost them the chance of qualifying despite a promising start to the campaign.

Due to the delay in the start of the operation, Juliet spent the night in defensive positions in the Angolan bush and returned to the SWA border the next day.

Due to their positioning, they can more easily facilitate the passing game in the flexbone and serve to stretch the defensive alignment laterally prior to the snap.

Due to the slow movement of the dwarf army the most common advice given to gamers wishing to play as this race, is to take a defensive stance.

Due to Abderhalden's high reputation, it was not internationally acknowledged until long after his death that the underlying theory of " defensive enzymes " ( Abwehrfermente ) was entirely fraudulent ( Deichmann & Müller-Hill 1998 ).

During these defensive comments he also stated that he would allow his children to stay with his friends including Barry Gibb, saying that they are " sweet people " and are not " Jack the Ripper " Due to the confidentiality agreement, he refuses to talk about the 1993 allegations, but he reveals that he paid the accuser a settlement, since he " didn't want to go through a long, drawn-out affair, like O. J.

Due to its difficulty, only a few players have been able to perform the move ( either as a defensive or offensive play ) in an official football match .< ref name = Diego_Perez > Perez, Diego.

Due to his performance in Week 12, Hall was named NFC defensive player of the week on November 30, 2011.

Due to the high number of submarines present in the Netherlands East Indies ( the major part of the defensive plans of the Dutch government ), the Dutch were called, in the Asian Campaign, the Fourth Ally.

* Due to several instances during the 2003 – 04 playoffs, officials are instructed to strictly enforce illegal contact, pass interference, and defensive holding.