During a complex creation myth in which the cosmic cow licked Buri free from the ice, the sons of Buri's son, Bor, who were Odin, Vili and Vé, constructed the universe and put Midgard in it as a residence for the first human couple, Ask and Embla, whom they created from driftwood trees in Section 9.

* A bust and plaque located at his last residence, in New York City at 309 W. 57th Street, inscribed: " The Great Hungarian Composer / Béla Bartók / ( 1881 – 1945 ) / Made His Home In This House / During the Last Year of His Life ".

During its 93 years as a men's residence, Gate House developed a distinct character and reputation.

* 1937 – Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace ( the former Imperial residence ) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.

During his stay at his aunt's residence, he grew increasingly interested in her daughter, Isabel.

During the reign of the Kalhora Dynasty, the present city started life as a fishing settlement when a Sindhi Balochi fisher-woman called Mai Kolachi took up residence and started a family.

During the Ottoman period the temple was known to the Greeks as the Palace of Hadrian, while the Turks called it the Palace of Belkis, from a Turkish legend that the temple had been the residence of Solomon's wife.

During his permanence in Rome, Martin moved his residence from St. Peter to Santa Maria Maggiore and, from 1424, the Basilica of Santi Apostoli near the Palazzo Colonna.

During the October Crisis of 1970, the Front de libération du Québec ( FLQ ) kidnapped British Trade Consul James Cross at his residence on the fifth of October.

During these years, Paris increasingly became the writer's main residence.

** Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace ( the former Imperial residence ) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.

During the reign of Johann Wilhelm ( 1690-1716 ) the Electoral residence was moved to Düsseldorf, before being moved back to Heidelberg in 1718 and then to Mannheim in 1720.

During the sixteen years of their residence in Oranienbaum Catherine took numerous lovers, while her husband did the same thing she did in the beginning.

During his last period in office, in 1881, William Ewart Gladstone claimed residence in numbers 10, 11 and 12 for himself and his family.

During his residence in the Eastern capital, Olybrius expressed his interest in religious matters: in this period he met Daniel the Stylite, who, according to Christian tradition, prophesied the liberation of Licinia Eudoxia.

During his residence in Berlin Bach composed a fine setting of the Magnificat ( 1749 ), in which he shows more traces than usual of his father's influence ; an Easter cantata ( 1756 ); several symphonies and concerted works ; at least three volumes of songs ; and a few secular cantatas and other occasional pieces.

During the 12th and 13th centuries, Perth was one of the richest trading burghs in the kingdom ( along with such places as North Berwick, Aberdeen and Roxburgh ), residence of numerous craftsmen, organised into guilds ( e. g. the Hammermen or Glovers ).

During his residence in Marburg, Lomonosov boarded with Catharina Zilch, a brewer ’ s widow.

During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further.

During a dinner at Verdi ’ s Milan residence during the summer of 1879, Ricordi and Faccio guided the conversation towards Shakespeare ’ s play Othello and to the librettist Arrigo Boito ( whom Ricordi claimed to be a great fan of the play also ).

During the 16th century they contained silverware, crockery and tapestries with which the Court moved from one residence to another.

During the raid, they knocked down the wooden gate and rappelled from a helicopter onto his residence.

During the 18th century and 19th century a number of fine houses were built and Twickenham became a popular place of residence for people of ' Fashion and Distinction ' ( see Residents section below ).

During World War II the university suffered damage in the Southampton Blitz with bombs landing on the campus and its halls of residence.

During his forced residence, X-127 is ordered to push the bomb buttons to begin World War III ( which lasts a total of 2 hours and 58 minutes ).

During his first trip he had encountered a holy man, Shaykh Abul Hasan al Shadili, who prophesied that he would only reach Mecca by travelling through Syria.

* 2001 – During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

During the rule of Ibrahim Pasha ( 1830 – 1840 ), the Egyptian general, over much of Ottoman Syria, Nazareth was open to European missionaries and traders.

During the second millennium BCE, Syria was occupied successively by Canaanites, Phoenicians, and Arameans as part of the general disruptions associated with the Sea Peoples ; the Phoenicians settled along the coastline of these area as well as in the west ( Now Lebanon & The current Syrian coast ), in the area already known for its cedars.

During the struggles of the Islamic dynasties for the possession of Syria the country still enjoyed a considerable degree of prosperity.

* During this period of confusion and change amongst Egypt ’ s leadership, armies under the Seleucid king, Antiochus III, make serious inroads into the Egyptian territories in Coele Syria.

During the 2nd millennium BC, Ancient Egyptian texts use the term Canaan to refer to an Egyptian-ruled colony, whose boundaries generally corroborate the definition of Canaan found in the Hebrew Bible, bounded to the west by the Mediterranean Sea, to the north in the vicinity of Hamath in Syria, to the east by the Jordan Valley, and to the south by a line extended from the Dead Sea to around Gaza.

During World War II, Malagasy troops fought in France, Morocco, and Syria.

During the Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt which extended into Syria and Palestine in 1799, a local official from Jenin wrote a poem enumerating and calling upon local Arab leaders to resist Bonaparte, without mentioning the Sultan or the need to protect the Ottoman empire.

* During this period of uncertainty in Syria, the Egyptian ruler, Ptolemy VI, lays claim to Coele Syria, Palestine, and Phoenicia, which the Seleucid king Antiochus III has previously conquered.

During her husband's absence on an expedition to Syria, she dedicated her hair to Aphrodite for his safe return, and placed it in the temple of the goddess at Zephyrium.

During his time Eldho Mor Baselios and Hidayathullah Mar Ivanios from Syria visited Malankara.

During the late 180s, Niger was elected as a Suffect consul, after which Commodus made him imperial legate of Syria in 191.

During the century's first decade the indigenous Mandaic community of Iraq, which used to number 60-70, 000 persons, collapsed in the aftermath of the Iraq War of 2003 ; most of the community relocated to nearby Iran, Syria and Jordan, or formed diaspora communities beyond the Middle East.

During the Six Day War, Israel captured the area from Syria.

During the struggle for power between Augustus Caesar and Marcus Antonius, the latter managed to win temporary support from Laodicea during his brief governorship of Syria through the remission of certain taxes and the promise of autonomy.

During the Anglo-Iraqi War, German and Italian aircraft of " Flyer Command Iraq " ( Fliegerführer Irak ) stopped to refuel in the Vichy French-controlled Mandate of Syria as they flew to Iraq.

During his time as Governor in Syria, Ja ’ far listened to many Iraqis about the status of their homeland and British rule.

During the First World War he was converted to the Arab nationalist cause and fought in the Arab Revolt under Emir Faisal ibn Hussein of the Hijaz, who would later reign briefly as king of Syria before becoming king of Iraq.

During Gabinius ' absence in Egypt, Syria had been devastated by robbers, and Alexander, son of Aristobulus, had again taken up arms with the object of depriving Hyrcanus II of the high-priesthood.

During WWII Evans-Pritchard served in Ethiopia, Libya, Sudan, and Syria.

During the Mamluk period, Tripoli became a central city and provincial capital of the Mamlakah or kingdom ( one of six in Mamluk Syria ).

During World War I, the Battle of Aqaba was the key battle that ended a 500-year Ottoman rule over Greater Syria.