From L'Turu, I heard that until about 1850 the people of this island -- which was about the size of Guam or smaller -- had been of both sexes, and that the normal family life of Melanesian tribes was observed here with minor variations.

From childhood he had known all about knives.

From Gottingen ( 1801 ) where he stayed for 10 days, he wrote, `` The first question asked everywhere is about galvanism.

From even a cursory inspection of its many aspects, however, the historian can deduce several fundamental conclusions about the progress of the Aegean world down to 800 B.C.

From the dated poems we can venture certain conclusions about Hardy's career in poetry, always remembering that conclusions based on a fraction of the whole must remain tentative.

From that day on I began to write editorials about the things I did not think correct in Fidel Castro's regime.

From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

From about 1955 he started to work on sheaf theory and homological algebra, producing the influential " Tôhoku paper " ( Sur quelques points d ' algèbre homologique, published in 1957 ) where he introduced Abelian categories and applied their theory to show that sheaf cohomology can be defined as certain derived functors in this context.

From about 1697 onwards ( La caduta del Decemviri ), influenced partly perhaps by the style of Giovanni Bononcini and probably more by the taste of the viceregal court, his opera arias become more conventional and commonplace in rhythm, while his scoring is hasty and crude, yet not without brilliance ( L ' Eraclea, 1700 ), the oboes and trumpets being frequently used, and the violins often playing in unison.

From the late 1950s Sakharov had become concerned about the moral and political implications of his work.

From Okhla the canal follows the high land between the Khari-Nadi and the Yamuna and finally joins the Banganga river about below Agra.

From about the 4th century certain psalms began to be grouped together, a process that was furthered by the monastic practice of daily reciting the 150 psalms.

From the 1960s until 1975, the population of Cambodia increased by about 2. 2 % yearly, the lowest increase in Southeast Asia.

From about 860, the Tang Dynasty declined due to a series of rebellions within China itself and in the former subject Kingdom of Nanzhao to the south.

From the late 1940s to 1989, the extensive Czechoslovak Armed Forces ( about 200, 000 ) formed one of the pillars of the Warsaw Pact military alliance.

: From ownership on down, it's an approach the Rockies are proud of – and something they are wary about publicizing.

From the mid-1960s, the anti-war movement's preoccupation with the Vietnam War tended to eclipse concern about nuclear weapons but CND continued to campaign against them.

Rock musician David Bowie also made three popular concept albums ; The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, about the fictional character, Ziggy Stardust and his band ; Aladdin Sane ; and Diamond Dogs.

From now about 60 % support structure and 40 % combat operational capability, it is to be 40 % support structure and 60 % combat operational capability, i. e. more combat soldiers and fewer ' paper '- soldiers.

From within this literary environment emerged many stories and novels about private detectives, also known as private investigators, PIs and " private eyes " (" eye " being the vocalization of " I " for " investigator ").

From the spring of 1813 until March 1815 about 6500 American sailors were imprisoned at Dartmoor.

From 1956 to 1961, Dutch importer Hart, Nibbrig & Greve assembled the cars in an abandoned asphalt-factory in Sassenheim, where they employed about 120 workers, two transporter, that collected the SKD-kits from Duesseldorf and build about 13. 500 cars.

From this material context men and women develop certain ideas about their world, thereby leading to the core materialist conception that social being determines social consciousness.

From 616 until 628 Syria was subjugated under the Persian Khosrau II ; from 628 to 637 it was Byzantine, when the province was conquered by the Muslims ( after the battle of the Yarmuk in 636. see Battle of Yarmuk ).

From Forks of Cacapon to Largent, the river creates a number of horseshoe bends between Sideling Hill ( 2021 feet / 616 m ) and Little Mountain ( 1429 feet / 435 m ).

From the 30s on, 616 film became less and less popular, in favor of 120 and other film formats.

From the neolithic age Asia Minor was the route of the forward-Asiatic cultural stream which moved from the Near East to the west and spread the agriculture to the east coasts of Greece and Crete during the 5th millennium BC and then to the Balkan region and the whole of Europe.

From the 9th century BC, Luwian regions coalesced into a number of states such as Lydia, Caria and Lycia, all of which had Hellenic influence.

From the late 8th century BC a new wave of Indo-European speaking raiders entered northern and north east Anatolia, namely the Cimmerians and Scythians.

From the 10th to late 7th centuries BC, much of Anatolia ( particularly the east, central, south western and south eastern regions ) fell to the Neo Assyrian Empire, including all of the Neo-Hittite and Syro-Hittite states, Phrygia, Urartu, Nairi, Tabal, Cilicia, Commagene, Caria, Lydia, the Cimmerians and Scythians and swathes of Cappadocia.

Handbook of Greek Philosophy: From Thales to the Stoics Analysis and Fragments, Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC., ISBN 1-4120-4843-5

From 355 BC political trials were no longer held in the assembly, but only in a court.

From the mid-fourth century BC onwards, evidence of the Greek use of crossbows becomes more dense and varied: Arrow firing machines ( katapeltai ) are briefly mentioned by Aeneas Tacticus in his treatise on siegecraft written around 350 BC.

From the mid-fourth century BC onwards, evidence of the Greek use of arrow-shooting machines becomes more dense and varied: Arrow firing machines ( katapaltai ) are briefly mentioned by Aeneas Tacticus in his treatise on siegecraft written around 350 BC.

From the 6th century BC, they are separated by a dot or a colon, which symbol might also be used to separate syllables.

From a 4th century BC, Zhou era tomb at Mashan, Hubei province, China.

From 492-449 BC the Persians made a series of unsuccessful attempts to conquer Greece.

From southern Scandinavia and northern Germany, the tribes began expanding south, east and west in the 1st century BC, coming into contact with the Celtic tribes of Gaul, as well as Iranian, Baltic, and Slavic tribes in Central Europe.

From around 700 BC the Iron age brought numerous hill forts, brochs and fortified settlements which support the image of quarrelsome tribes and petty kingdoms later recorded by the Romans, though evidence that at times occupants neglected the defences might suggest that symbolic power had as much significance as warfare.

Battle of Lake Trasimene, 217 BC. From the Department of History, United States Military Academy

From the 14th to 11th centuries BC Assyria once more became a major power with the rise of the Middle Assyrian Empire which dominated the whole of Mesopotamia and much of the Near East and Anatolia.

From 47 to 44 BC he made plans for the distribution of land to about 15, 000 of his veterans.

From 152 BC onwards, the Roman Republic had difficulties in recruiting soldiers for the wars in Hispania, deemed particularly brutal.

From the middle of the 4th century BC, the Kingdom of Macedon became the dominant power in Greece and the neighbouring regions ; since then Macedonia has had a diverse history.

Technology and War: From 2000 BC to present, 1989.

From the 3rd century BC to the arrival of Islam in the 7th century, Oman was controlled by two other Iranian dynasties, the Parthians and the Sassanids.

From the handwriting they appear to have been written by fourteen individuals and bear the name of Themistocles, ostracised before 471 BC and were evidently meant for distribution to voters.