Having improved itself it would become better at improving itself, potentially leading to an exponential increase in intelligence.

Having thus become the enemy of Persia, Athens was already in a position to support the Ionian cities when they began their revolt.

Having seen the supposed beauty of a woman's heavy breasts and her thin waist, do not become agitated and influenced with illusion, for these attractive features are simply transformations of fat, flesh & toxins.

Having become the established power in Italy, Callistus now returned back the conflict with Henry V over the issue of lay investiture.

Having become a thorn in the side of the equally anti-Semitic local authorities, Imi left his home, family and friends in 1940 on the last refugee ship to escape Europe.

Having thus preserved the Empire from extinction, Leo proceeded to consolidate its administration, which in the previous years of anarchy had become completely disorganized.

Having thus become a Privatdozent, Weber joined the University of Berlin's faculty, lecturing and consulting for the government.

Having been captured, not surrendered at the end of the war, she survived to become a war memorial at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Having become monarchs with a claim to represent the entire nation and stand above factions, the House of Orange decided to break with the song which served them as heads of a faction, and the Wilhelmus was hence replaced by Hendrik Tollens ' song Wien Neêrlands bloed door d ' aderen vloeit, which was the official Dutch anthem from 1815 till 1932.

Having encountered Anderson at a Los Angeles party, Squire played him the Cinema demo tracks and subsequently inviting him to become the band's lead vocalist.

Having been accepted as Emperor by Syria, Palestine and Egypt, Cassius carried on his rebellion even after it had become obvious that Marcus was still alive.

Having become the second most important general in the Union army, he thus had come full circle to the city where he started his war-time service as colonel of a non-existent infantry regiment.

Having worked together as surgeons at University College Hospital they had become close friends, with Trotter taking the role of mentor and confidant to his younger colleague.

Having this simple but essential mathematical proportion at hand – which proved the overall impossible aforementioned role of the liver – Harvey went on to prove how the blood circulated in a circle by means of countless experiments initially done on serpents and fish: tying their veins and arteries in separate periods of time, Harvey noticed the modifications which occurred ; indeed, as he tied the veins, the heart would become empty, while as he did the same to the arteries, the organ would swell up.

Having spent the last six years championing to Hitler sea power as the only way in which Germany could become a world power, Raeder was anxious that the Kriegsmarine be seen as doing more than its share of the fighting to ensure that Hitler would reward the Navy by not cutting its budget after the war.

Having leapt into the 21st Century, The " Bull Upstairs " has become a hotspot for many Ambridge locals.

Having training aids may make it easier to become comfortable with riding a unicycle.

Having become chief after his brother moved west in 1809, Ahuludegi was known to the European Americans as John Jolly.

Having been a symbol of desolation, it's become a symbol of hope.

Having become a star, Shearer's new challenge was to remain one.

Having entered the Police Academy by age 24, Wiggum managed to work around his many shortcomings by providing superiors with wonderful back rubs using the handle of his gun, and finally become a full fledged officer and by 32, he had managed to work his way up to the position of Police Chief of Springfield.

Having already been linked to his sister Adele on stage, Astaire was initially very reluctant to become part of another dance team.

Having left the Glimmer Man job behind him, Cole-steeped in buddhism and not used to working with others-has become a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department.

Having become Sirdar of the Egyptian Army in 1892-with the rank of brigadier-general and then major-general in the British Army — in 1896 he led his British and Egyptian forces up the Nile, building a railway to supply arms and reinforcements, and defeating the Sudanese at the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898, near Khartoum.

Having renounced the world, in his roles of father and king, he attained the status of an immortal being while retaining the duty of ensuring that his dynasty is preserved and that there is always a new king for each generation.

Having learned that he is undone, he rose quickly to pull Odin from the fire, but the sword which he had lain upon his knee slipped, fell hilt down, the king stumbled and impaled himself upon it.

Having promised the ring ( and with it, his estate ) to all three, the king had two equally precious copies made and gave one ring to each son.

Having persuaded Ottokar's former ally Duke Henry XIII of Lower Bavaria to switch sides, Rudolph compelled the Bohemian king to cede the four provinces to the control of the royal administration in November 1276.

* Having lost his alliance with the Numidian chief Masinissa, the Carthaginian general, Hasdrubal Gisco, finds a new ally in the Numidian king Syphax, who marries Sophonisba, Hasdrubal's daughter, whom until his defection to Rome has been betrothed to Masinissa.

Having established a system of vassal states in the East, Antiochus now adopts the ancient Achaemenid title of " great king ", and the Greeks, comparing him to Alexander the Great, surname him " the Great ", that is to say Antiochus III Megas.

Having accidentally killed his father-in-law Electryon, king of Mycenae, Amphitryon was driven out by Electryon's brother, Sthenelus.

Having heard of Sweyn's defeat by Magnus, Harald met up with his fellow exile in Sweden ( who was also his nephew ), as well as with the Swedish king Anund Jacob, and the three joined forces against Magnus.

Having fought in the War of the Spanish Succession, he became king of Sicily in 1713 but he was forced to exchange this title and instead became king of Sardinia to which his direct descendants claim as part of the Kingdom of Italy.

Having done much to improve the state of his inheritance in 1684, Victor Amadeus took the decision to abdicate in September 1730. the month before the lonely king having lost most of his family including his favourite son the Prince of Piedmont sought the security of a previous mistress Anna Canalis di Cumiana.

Having looked for some time for a pretext to invade the west, and allegedly bribed by the Vandal king Gaiseric to attack the Visigoths in Gaul, in 450 Attila used this appeal as a pretext to invade the Gallic provinces, after securing peace with the eastern court.

Having lost his arm, Nuada was no longer eligible for kingship due to the Tuatha Dé tradition that their king must be physically perfect, and he was replaced as king by Bres, a half-Fomorian prince renowned for his beauty and intellect.

Having charmed the king, he offered to trade the pigs for some horses and dogs, which he had conjured through magic.

Having honoured the last requests of his brother Bendigeidfran, by burying his head facing France so as to ward off invasion, the usurped British king Manawydan accompanies Pryderi to Dyfed where the latter is reunited with his wife Cigfa.

Having made peace with Henry, replaced Fergus of Galloway with his sons, and resettled Moray, only one of Malcolm's foes remained, Somerled, by 1160 king of the Isles as well as of Argyll.

Having got into a violent conflict with the King of France, Philip the Fair, who assigned himself the right to tax the French clergy, Boniface VIII emanated the famous Bull Unam Sanctam of 1302, which arrogated to the Pope's absolute supremacy over earthly power, against the king.

Having no real political experience, the new king was stripped of his powers by the Venizelist faction and effectively imprisoned in his own palace.

Having informed on these events, Archbishop Lodomer of Esztergom excommunicated the king and asked the pope to proclaim a crusade against him.

Having received a European education, this liberal king translated " On Liberty " by John Stuart Mill and gave his country a democratic constitution.

Having been taken up by the king and the bishops, he had to share in their rising unpopularity.

Having slain the king of the Rakshasas, viz Ravana, with his brother Kumbhakarna, and sons and kindred, Rama installed in the kingdom of Lanka the Rakshasa chief, Vibhishana, pious, and reverent, and kind to devoted dependents.