Following the Age of Discovery, through missionary work and colonization, Christianity spread to the Americas, Australasia, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world.

Following a brief visit to their families, they returned to Bennington to spread the news.

Following the Welsh Revival, the Azusa Street Revival in 1906 began the spread of Pentecostalism in North America.

Following the controversial division of pre-partition Punjab and Bengal, rioting broke out between Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims in these provinces and spread to several other parts of India, leaving some 500, 000 dead.

Following on from the earlier communal tradition of Baal Shem, his fame as a healer spread among not only the Jews, but also the non-Jewish peasants and the Polish nobles.

Following a nationwide competition with a prize of £ 50 ( 2010 :$ 3, 527 ) to find a name for the new spread, the name " Vegemite " was selected out of a hat by Fred Walker's daughter, Sheilah.

Following the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great the worship of Isis spread throughout the Greco-Roman world.

Following Freddie Mercury's death on 24 November 1991 from bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS, the remaining members of Queen ( John Deacon, Brian May and Roger Taylor ) came together with Queen Manager Jim Beach to organise an open air concert to celebrate the life and legacy of Mercury, as well as raise money for AIDS research, and spread awareness about the disease.

Following suit with the spread of Christianity, much of North Africa became Christian although paganism was still widely spread in Vandal North Africa.

Following Rome's fall, Islam's spread across Asia and Africa brought with it a desire to preserve and build upon the work of the Greeks, especially in literature.

Following the coming of the railways, the north western suburbs of London steadily spread over large parts of the county.

Following the funeral, Gaye was cremated with his ashes spread near the Pacific Ocean.

Following his meeting with the spy and fearing that the Austrian general might try to escape, Bonaparte spread his army out in a wide net by sending Louis Desaix with GdD Jean Boudet ’ s division ( 6, 000 men ) south to Novi Ligure and GdD Jean François Cornu de La Poype ( 3, 500 men ) north on the other bank of the Po.

Following events in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, including the destruction of the Death Star, Ackbar helped the other Rebel leaders establish new bases of operation and manage a Rebel mobile task force in starships spread across the galaxy.

Following the First and Second Opium War between 1839 – 1842, Pidgin English spread north to Shanghai and other treaty ports.

Following T cell development, matured, naïve T cells leave the thymus and begin to spread throughout the body, including the lymph nodes.

Following the EMT, the cells ingress through the primitive streak and spread out to form a new layer of cells or join existing layers.

Following quickly on the gramophone's spread came Canada's involvement in the First World War.

Following the spread of Neo-Confucianism in Korea in the fourteenth century, scholars of the Joseon Dynasty ( est.

Following Radama II's apparent death, rumors spread that he had only been rendered unconscious by the attempt on his life and had revived as his body was being transported to Ilafy for interment in his designated tomb.

Following his death, Gay was cremated and his ashes were spread over the Pacific in the same place that his squadron launched its ill-fated attack.

Following Minnesota's lead, zombie-themed pub crawls have now spread to multiple cities including Philadelphia, Chicago, Columbus, Ohio, and Washington DC.

Following the miners ' strike in May and June 1941 which spread throughout the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, many miners ( mostly communists ) were arrested and executed at Arras.

Following the rise of the Taliban in 1996, Massoud, who rejected the Taliban's fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, returned to the armed opposition, serving as the military and political leader of the United Islamic Front ( also known in the West as Northern Alliance ).

Following at the Battle of Uhud in 625, it is said that after killing Hamzah ibn Abdu l-Muṭṭalib, his liver was consumed by Hind bint ‘ Utbah ( the wife of Abû Sufyan ibn Harb one of the commanders of the Qurayš army ) who later reportedly converted to Islam and became the mother of Muawiyah I founder of the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate.

Following the Arab Spring, scholar Oliver Roy has described Islamism, or political Islam, as " increasingly interdependent " with democracy in much of the Arab Muslim world, such that " neither can now survive without the other.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, political movements based on the liberal ideology of free expression and democratic rule have led the opposition in other parts of the world such as Latin America, Eastern Europe and many parts of Asia ; however " the simple fact is that political Islam currently reigns as the most powerful ideological force across the Muslim world today ".

Following the Islamic concept that before Islam there was the time of Jahiliya ( ignorance ), in the history books used by Maldivians the introduction of Islam at the end of the 12th century is considered the cornerstone of the country's history.

Following his ascension to the throne he was given the regnal title " He who puts his trust in God, follower of the firm religion of Islam ".

Following Nation tradition, he replaced his surname, “ Little ,” with an “ X ,” a custom among Nation of Islam followers who considered their surnames to have been imposed by white slaveholders after their African names were taken from them.

Following the adoption of Islam c. 950 by the Kara-Khanid Khanate and the Seljuq Turks, who are both regarded as the ethnic and cultural ancestors of the Ottomans, the administrative language of these states acquired a large collection of loanwords from Arabic and Persian.

Following the death of Khosrau II in 628, then the Persian governor in Southern Arabia, Badhan, converted to Islam and Yemen followed the new religion.

Following the event, surveys found that French public opinion was largely negative towards Islam.

Following the Conquest of Mecca Uthman's family converted to Islam and he rejoined his mother and siblings.

Following his conversion, Umar went to inform the chief of Quraish, Amr ibn Hishām, about his acceptance of Islam.

Following this is Roman Catholicism and religions including Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism.

Following his return to Chicago, Elijah Muhammad was firmly in charge of the Nation of Islam.

Following the conversion of the Mongol Ilkhan Ghazan to Islam in 1295, his successor Öljaitü exercised less control over outlying countries under Mongol protection and reduced the military campaigns against the Mamluks in Syria.

Following Ja ' far's death, the Shia community split between the element that would become the Twelver Shia, and those who believed the Imamate passed through to Ismail's son ; the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam is accordingly named for Ismail.

Following the same principle is the Shī ‘ ah practice that asserts that ‘ Alī is the first Imām to teach the correct interpretation of Islam, the successor of Muḥammad.

Following the Mongol conquest, Islam rose in popularity among the Kipchaks of the Golden Horde.

Following Islamization of Java, they spread Islam in the islands, with Ternate being a Muslim sultanate circa 1484.

Following his conversion to Islam, Myatt dissociated himself from nationalism and racialism, and both as a Muslim and subsequently openly stated that racism is wrong.

Following the first complete translation of the Qur ' an into Persian, during the 9th century, populations under the Samanid empire began accepting Islam in significant numbers.

Following the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack he criticised the handling of Islam by member-states and called for a " European Islam ".