Astronomy certainly played an important role in Chaco culture, as it is visible in the north-south axis alignment of many ceremonial structures.

Whilst the name pall mall and various games bearing this name may have been played elsewhere ( France and Italy ) the description above suggests that the croquet-like games were certainly popular in England as early as 1611.

Whatever the truth of the matter, Jaques certainly played an important role in popularising the game, producing editions of the rules in 1857, 1860, and 1864.

The thought that Spain could bring Christianity to the new world certainly played a strong role in the expansion of Spain's empire.

The clàrsach or harp played by the Gaels of Scotland and Ireland between the 11th and 19th centuries was certainly wire-strung.

The Foreign Minister's ever more desperate pleas for permission to seek peace with at least some of Germany's enemies – the Soviet Union in particular – certainly played a role in their estrangement.

It is certainly possible, however, that Alexander played an important part in the early development of the Church of Rome's emerging liturgical and administrative traditions.

Whereas a detailed list of such significant contributions would certainly be desirable, below just a few innovations are listed as examples of breakthroughs that have played a critical role in the advancement of integrated circuit technology by more than six orders of magnitude in less than five decades:

This character was, however, almost certainly named after Sharif Ali ibn Hussein, a leader in the Harith tribe, who played a part in the Revolt and is mentioned and pictured in T. E.

The Sophists certainly were not directly responsible for Athenian democracy, but their cultural and psychological contributions played an important role in its growth.

Details of the battle are unknown but future emperor Aurelian certainly played a part.

But promotion certainly wasn't the only factor in the music's success, as Sanabria makes clear: " Musicians were busy creating the music but played no role in promoting the name salsa.

Inglis Road is almost certainly named after Colonel John Inglis who played a major part in the relief of Lucknow, as did James Outram and Henry Havelock.

No cult is attested for her there, though she certainly figured as a goddess of great importance in the annual rites conducted, wherein two chosen females or priestesses played the roles of Isis and Nephthys and performed the elaborate ' Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys '.

While it is certainly the case that these presentations had occurred before our views had even begun to settle down, and that they were excessively aggressive, they played an important role in the process of enquiry and reformulation.

Fonda's movie career has been made all the more interesting by the extreme contrast between the wide-eyed and questing ( though possibly amoral, certainly drug-dealing ) rebel motorcyclist in Easy Rider and the upright war-veteran father he played nearly three decades later in Ulee's Gold — a character who tries to share the wisdom of age with his defiantly nihilistic son and who saves his addicted daughter-in-law's life.

In 1618 appeared the ayres that were sung and played at Brougham Castle on the occasion of the King's entertainment there, the music by George Mason and John Earsden, while the words were almost certainly by Campion.

Whatever the extent of Lane's help to her mother in writing the books, it certainly played some role.

Their first pitch was certainly in the site of a present burial ground in Lonsdale Street, although there is evidence that they also played on land near to the Copeland Arms public house on Campbell Road.

Al-Husseini certainly played an energetic role in Muslim demonstrations from 1928 onwards, but could not be held responsible for the August riots, even if he had ' a share in the responsibility for the disturbances '.

Although Van der Lubbe was certainly an arsonist, and clearly played a role, there has been considerable popular and scientific debate over whether he acted alone.

With the rise of the Chakri Dynasty and General Chakri ( who would later become King Rama I ) Kanchanaburi certainly played a distinctive strategical point as defense against the invading Burmese.

When asked about this by a friend, Swedenborg played down the matter, saying he was surprised by this experience himself and that he was certainly not able to do miracles.

* 19 June — first match certainly played under the Knickerbocker rules at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.

This reputation played no small part in discouraging composers outside of the British brass band from writing for the tenor horn, and certainly had an adverse effect on the instrument's popularity outside the UK.

These figures are almost certainly CIA World Factbook estimates.

The most successful card wargame ( as a card game and as a wargame ) would almost certainly be Up Front, a card game about tactical combat in World War II published by Avalon Hill in 1983.

De Borchgrave maintained that " what was brilliant pioneering work on the part of UPI prior to World War II, with radio news, is now a static quantity and sofar as I'm concerned, certainly doesn't fit into my plans for the future.

World War I certainly impacted the nation ’ s normal schools, but not as much as it did conventional institutions.

" But Ledeen responded that " it's more like World War IV because there was a Cold War, which was certainly a world war.

Nicknames for anti-aircraft guns include AA, AAA or triple-A, an abbreviation of anti-aircraft artillery, " ack-ack " ( from the World War I phonetic alphabet for AA ), archie ( a World War I British term probably coined by Amyas Borton and believed to derive via the Royal Flying Corps from the music-hall comedian George Robey's line " Archibald, certainly not !").

It may have opened as a music hall under the German occupation of France during World War II, but certainly in 1945 after the Liberation, it was a music hall free to Allied troops in uniform.

The NSF was certainly not the primary government agency for the funding of basic science, as its supporters had originally envisioned in the aftermath of World War II.

Before the war, many observers believed the US and its allies could win but might suffer substantial casualties ( certainly more than any conflict since Vietnam ), and that the tank battles across the harsh desert might rival those of North Africa during World War II.

The World Wide Web is described as " relatively new and little understood " — while the latter may still be accurate, the former certainly isn't.

Nordau went on to play a major role in the World Zionist Organisation ; indeed Nordau's relative fame certainly helped bring attention to the Zionist movement.

Menzies was certainly adept at bureaucratic intrigue, a virtual necessity in his position, but his efforts as ' C ' had a major role in winning World War II, as evidenced by his nearly 1, 500 meetings with Prime Minister Churchill during the war.

Talking of his home life, he continues " I'm astonished to think that, apart from some Catholic Truth Society pamphlets, some books on saints, there were, essentially, no books in the house, except one set, the Junior World Encyclopaedia, which I certainly read again and again.

De Borchgrave maintained that " what was brilliant pioneering work on the part of UPI prior to World War II, with radio news, is now a static quantity and sofar as I'm concerned, certainly doesn't fit into my plans for the future.

Sainz would almost certainly have won his first World Championship Rally on the final event of the season, the RAC Rally, but for mechanical failure in the final stages, which relegated him to second.

It seems that in at least one country newly added names are dedicated each year at a special eucumenical service in the presence of family members, veterans and invited dignitaries ; the historical and political issues that are involved are arguably numerous and complicated ; they can certainly be said to include both the issue of whether it makes any historical sense whatsoever that the names of the dead in war can be added in this fashion into what seems to be intended to be an indefinite future while completely ignoring those of the military who died in what is effectively, from the point of view of nationality and politics, the same military actions over the period of all the previous centuries in which the country in question existed, and also an issue which is perhaps even more relevant from a personal and legal point of view, namely whether the relatives and others who should in principle, together with any others involved in point of law, be in some sort of control of the use of the names of the dead for commemorative purposes will necessarily be in accordance with the military decisions taken by the government, or the character of the government itself, it being the case that if they are not they may not wish the names to be included ( this citizen right having it seems, on the record, been generally observed at the time of the erection of the war memorials after the First World War in particular in western Europe, if not it seems after the Second World War ).

From an early stage, the IWA has taken an anti-militarist stance, reflecting the overwhelming anarchist attitude since the First World War that the working class should not engage with the power struggles between ruling classes-and certainly should not die for them.

In 2009, Pride Park was earmarked as a possible World Cup venue when Derby County announced its intention to apply to be one of the host cities as part of England's bid for the 2018 World Cup Finals, with Derby Chief Executive Tom Glick saying that " What we board know is that Derby already has the core elements to be a host city ... We are going to find out what the requirements are but we are certainly expecting that the requirement would be at least 40, 000 seats.

Armour piercing shells of the Second World War, certainly those of the early years, had these qualities and sloped armour was therefore rather efficient in that period.

The famous Christmas carol " Joy to the World " is a good example: it is debated whether the tune of this hymn is by George Frideric Handel or by Mason himself, but it certainly sounds inspired by European classical music.

" There are quite a few differences in the two titles, but the influence is certainly there " but stated that " Had there been more interactivity with during acts of infamy on the World Domination Map, less micromanagement for taking care of enemies, more information passing between the map and the base screens, and more useful information about why things happened the way they did, Evil Genius really could have been genius ... but in a good way.