Having won the support of Confucian scholars who had powered previous Han dynasties ( abandoning the nepotism and corruption of the nine-rank system ), Emperor Wen initiated a series of reforms aimed at strengthening his empire for the wars that would reunify China.

Having been initiated into a colored fraternity called the Jewels of the Crown, they strike up a friendship with the Most Precious Diamond, the high officer of the lodge, who frequently tries to get his hands on the boys ' money.

Having become involved with mail art projects initiated outside of the collective and falling into zine culture.

Having been born in south London, she first became involved in the Craft after being initiated into the Gardnerian tradition in 1953 in a ceremony performed by Gerald Gardner, in which Edith Woodford-Grimes was also present.

Having denounced the lure of Theosophy and neo-occultism in the form of Spiritism, two influential movements that were flourishing in his lifetime, Guénon was initiated in 1912 in the Shadhili order and moved to Cairo in 1930 where he spent the rest of his life as a Sufi Muslim.

Having attained a position of influence, William Graham initiated a suit to try and reclaim the earldom of Strathearn, comprising the lands of Strathearn which encompassed all of Menteith and other areas.

Having presided over relatively serene political, economic and social conditions, the feeling of prosperity in the UK had been maintained into the new millennium, and Labour would have a free hand to assert its ideals in the subsequent parliament.

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 played at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground from 1882 to 1921, and having won four VFA premierships ( 1891 – 1894 ) and four VFL premierships ( 1897, 1901, 1911, ( 1912 ) whilst there, Essendon were looking for a new home, and were offered grounds at the current Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, at Victoria Park, at Arden St, North Melbourne, and the Essendon Cricket Ground.

Having excelled both in battle and diplomacy Bumin declared himself Illig Qaghan of the new khaganate at Ötüken but died a year later.

Having sold off much of its historically profitable commodities businesses, and many of the new speciality businesses, which it had failed to integrate, the company consisted mainly of the Dulux paints business, which quickly found itself the subject of a takeover by Akzo Nobel.

Having called for elections for a new Parliament to meet on 25 April, the Long Parliament was effectively dissolved on 16 March 1660.

Having multiple layers of old shingles under a new layer causes roofing nails to be located further from the sheathing, weakening their hold.

Having unearthed Lilienfeld ’ s patents that went into obscurity years earlier, lawyers at Bell Labs advised against Shockley's proposal since the idea of a field-effect transistor which used an electric field as a “ grid ” was not new.

Having the ability to customize a playlist was a new and exciting revolution in music technology.

Having failed to gather an expedition against Palestine, Pope Innocent III resolved in 1207 to organize a new crusade ; beginning in 1209, he called for crusades against the Albigenses, against the Almohad dynasty of Spain ( 1213 ), and, also around that time, against the pagans of Prussia.

Having qualified as a doctor in November 1879, Grace had to give priority to his new practice in Bristol for the next five years.

Having ended his international career, Grace then began the last phase of his overall first-class career when he joined the new London County Cricket Club, based at Crystal Palace Park, which played first-class matches between 1900 and 1904.

Having left Virgin, relations between XTC and their former label improved and Andy Partridge released a series of albums of demos of his songs ( mainly from the Virgin years ) under the title of Fuzzy Warbles beginning in 2002, on a new label imprint APE.

* Having driven out the Jews, Alexandria's new patriarch, Cyril, has instigated the mob after taking offense at Hypatia's scientific rationalism.

Having crossed two miles of mud, the Eingreif divisions found the British already established along a new defence line, with the forward battlezone and its weak garrison gone beyond recapture.

Having read Chafee's article, Holmes decided to retroactively reinterpret what he had meant by " clear and present danger " and accepted Chafee's characterization of the new test in his dissent in Abrams v. United States just six months after Schenck.

Having recently made peace with the Eastern Empire, Geiseric saw no need to make new concessions to Nepos.

Having assessed the air combat over Verdun, the Allies had new aircraft for the attack in the Somme valley.

Having left all they had and having struggled to adapt to a new country and build a life, most of them never came back when the war was over.

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

Having been originally approached by his friend Emilio Estevez to lend " Wanted Dead Or Alive " as the theme song for his upcoming Billy The Kid sequel, Jon Bon Jovi ended up composing an all new theme song for the film's soundtrack and delivering his first solo album.

Having extricated himself from a mire of contractual difficulties Beefheart emerged with this new album, in 1978, on the Warner Bros label.

Having assumed office, the need for such action was justified when Kennett and his new Treasurer Alan Stockdale discovered that the outgoing government had left them with $ 2. 2 billion budget deficit, a net public sector debt of $ 33 billion and budget sector debt of $ 16 billion.

Having done this, and unable to leave Germany in case there might be an uprising during his absence, Henry III directed Margrave Boniface to conduct the Pope-designate to Rome in person, and in the emperor's name to arrange for the enthroning of the new Pope.

* 525: Having settled in Rome c. 500, Scythian monk Dionysius Exiguus invents the Anno Domini era calendar based on the estimated birth year of Jesus Christ.

Having grown up as the child of working class Spanish immigrants in the Ruhr Valley, and coming of age in the politically polarized era of the German Autumn ( his response the left wing extremist terrorism of that time being thematized in the 2003 song " Kinderzimmer ( Heldenlied )" Bedroom ( Hero Song )", he was blunt and unromantically detached about social reality in West Germany, and unapologetic about the provocative potential of his songs.

Having survived many renovations and repaintings of the Infinite Corridor, the mural now is a carefully-preserved relic of that era.

Having been in a partnership with songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era ( 1955 – 2012 ), based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts.

Having its roots in the late 1970s funk music era, popping is commonly danced to funk and disco.

Having long used the pseudonym " The Rosicrucian " for his Spiritualist and occult writings, Randolph eventually founded the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, the oldest Rosicrucian organization in the United States, which dates back to the era of the American Civil War.

Having expanded its dieselization program rapidly, steam power was slowly put out to pasture, and on September 28, 1959, the last steam-powered commuter train from Chicago rolled to a stop in Downers Grove, marking the end of the steam era on the CB & Q.

Having put together a basic package ( including some old favorites from the OS / 2 era ) Stardock began to bring in external developers to create original products.

Having been in a personal Union with Denmark under the Danish king for 400 years and subsequently in the Union between Sweden and Norway under the Swedish king, Norwegians started looking back to their Viking era kings and sagas.

Having competed against the best boxers on both sides of the Atlantic, Collins tends to be linked more to the era in the UK when there was a great rivalry between British boxers Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn.

Having been developed mainly in the " era of the automobile ", Taroona was from the beginning a commuter suburb, and it has a notable absence of commercial or retail premises.

Having debuted at the dawn of the modern computer era, the emphasis throughout CommuniCore was primarily on educating the public about computers.