The destruction of the Assyrian capitals of Nineveh and Assur by the Babylonians, Medes and their allies ensured that much of the bilingual elite ( but not all ) were wiped out.

The sanctity of the shrine ensured certain privileges to the people of Abae, and these were confirmed by the Romans.

In an attempt to demoralize Abd al-Rahman's troops, al-Fihri ensured that his troops not only were well fed, but also ate gluttonous amounts of food in full view of the Umayyad lines.

Important factors were the aggressiveness of neighboring peoples ( especially the Thai, or Siamese ), chronic interdynastic strife, and the gradual deterioration of the complex irrigation system that had ensured rice surpluses.

Although the Attlee Government failed to meet its targets, primarily due to economic constraints, over a million new homes were built between 1945 and 1951 ( a significant achievement under the circumstances ) which ensured that decent, affordable housing was available to many low-income families for the first time ever.

The Attlee Government ensured provisions of the Education Act 1944 were fully implemented, with free secondary education becoming a right for the first time.

He ensured that libellous writings, especially those directed against himself, were punishable by exile or death.

These marriages often were alliance or succession devices: the Soga lord ensured the domination of a prince, to be put as puppet to the throne ; or a prince ensured the combination of two imperial descents, to strengthen his own and his children's claim to the throne.

In terms of content, enforcement of the Production Code ensured that no film character could literally get away with murder or be seen sharing a bed with anyone but a spouse ; within those bounds, however, many films now identified as noir feature plot elements and dialogue that were very risqué for the time.

Gumby's legs and feet were made wide for pragmatic reasons: they ensured the clay character would stand up during stop-motion filming.

Things initially went well, and for much of the season Chelsea were on course for promotion, but two wins from their final seven league games ensured the club finished 4th.

But the pressure of the estates of the land soon compelled him to allow preaching according to Luther's doctrine, although he ensured retention of the old church ceremonies, even of those that were contrary to the new faith.

A skilled labour force coupled with the adoption of modern British / Western business methods and technology ensured that opportunities for external trade, investment, and recruitment were maximised.

Strict membership requirements ensured that all members were of Hitler's Aryan Herrenvolk (" Aryan master race ").

Hannibal decided that it would be unwise to winter in the already devastated lowlands of Campania, but Fabius had ensured that all the passes out of Campania were blocked.

Likewise, the Trust's control of patents on motion picture cameras ensured that only MPPC studios were able to film, and the projector patents allowed the Trust to make licensing agreements with distributors and theaters – and thus determine who screened their films and where.

The G3, the standard service rifle of the Bundeswehr at that time, had a barrel ; at the distances the snipers were required to shoot, a barrel would have ensured far greater accuracy.

In this respect Newton's use of simple and repetitive metres ( rhythms ) and simple rhyming structures ensured that his audience were better able to remember these hymns.

He visited the Regiment in England during the war, and always ensured the 1st Battalion had a turkey dinner at Christmas every year they were overseas, including the Christmas of 1944 when the battalion was holding front line positions in the Nijmegen Salient.

Though their middling Australian ratings ensured they ran only a single season both programs were successfully sold internationally.

After 1929 a more liberal flow of funds was ensured by the Colonial Development Act, but it was a time of economic depression ; the price of copra was falling and so were wages.

The regent, Lord Morton, asked the General Assembly to continue paying his stipend to his widow for one year after his death ; and the regent ensured that Knox's dependents were decently supported.

The marketing of Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True included advertisements in three UK music papers from which a poster of Costello could be constructed, and the first 1, 000 pressings contained an insert headed Help Us Hype Elvis, which, if completed and returned to Stiff, ensured that a friend would received a free copy.

Dozens of hotels constructed at the time ensured that " The Cross " remained a tourism mecca well into the 1990s.

Due to his influence, among others who were also residents of the area, his vigorous lobbying ensured that the London to Birmingham main railway line was constructed to the south of the town instead of through it, a more natural course.

The invention of the incandescent gas mantle in the 1890s greatly improved light output and ensured its survival as late as the 1960s.

Wilson's government also ensured that low-income earners improved their position relative to that of average-income earners during its time in office.

As a consequence of this conference an improved bill was drafted which ensured that both the people and the parliaments of the various colonies should be consulted.

Following his re-election in 2007, Duguid was appointed Minister of Labour, where he ensured job protection for military reservists and improved health and safety in the workplace.

However, without doubt, his most critical achievements were during World War II, when he and associated negotiators managed to gain the confidence of both German and British counterparts, which ensured the enclosed Sweden a considerably improved supply of food and other necessities than during World War I.

However, since the new vehicle was clearly an improved version of the Citroën TUB, respect for alphabetical logic ensured that it quickly became known as the Citroën TUC.

During the time of the relaunch, Stagecoach and the local authority went through a Quality partnership for the network, this has ensured that the fleet is run by modern low-floor vehicles, that bus priority measures are implemented and that the bus service information has been improved.

He built more police stations and improved the quality of the section houses, ensured that all stations were linked by telegraph ( although he disapproved of some other new technologies, such as telephones and typewriters, and would not introduce them ), extended the use of bicycles, encouraged sporting activities among his men, and introduced a lighter summer uniform.

A subsequent U. S. trade embargo, instituted in October 1960 in response to Cuba's seizure of U. S .- owned properties, not only ensured that new vehicle exports would remain halted, but also denied Cuban motorists a direct source of replacement parts.

This ensured his success in the new locale.

Emperor Justinian I ensured that his new structure would not be burned down, like its predecessors, by commissioning architects that would build the church mainly out of stone, rather than wood, “ He compacted it of baked brick and mortar, and in many places bound it together with iron, but made no use of wood, so that the church should no longer prove combustible .”

A vengeful Patrick Henry wanted to deny Madison a seat in the new congress, so he ensured that Madison remained in the lame duck Confederation Congress to prevent him as long as possible from campaigning.

The current command and control organization of Nepal's army is fully ensured in the new constitution.

Not only did he make Prussia the most powerful and dominant component of the new Germany, but also he ensured that Prussia would remain an authoritarian state, rather than a liberal parliamentary regime.

In Copenhagen, Rømer made rules for building new houses, got the city's water supply and sewers back in order, ensured that the city's fire department got new and better equipment, and was the moving force behind the planning and making of new pavement in the streets and on the city squares.

The new fortresses ensured that war rarely extended beyond a series of sieges.

The new constitution ensured Sierra Leone a parliamentary system within the Commonwealth of Nations.

This ensured order in a period when bandits still roamed the countryside and peace was still new.

As a result he ensured an expansion of the armed forces, the opening of an aircraft factory, and the planning of new munitions factories and shipyards.

Johnson's brilliant handling of the press, the efficiency with which his committee issued new reports, and the fact that he ensured every report was endorsed unanimously by the committee all brought him headlines and national attention.

Even in untouched areas, the lack of maintenance and repair, the absence of new equipment, the heavy over-use, and the deliberate relocation of equipment by the Confederates from remote areas to the war zone ensured the system would be ruined at war's end.

" Furthermore, by dividing his realm between his sons, he ensured that Christendom would not present the new Almohad threat with a united front.

Under Madero, some new land reforms were carried out and elections were to be ensured.

When, in the 1980s, Racal decided to locate their newly-formed Racal Vodafone division in the town it was a decision that ensured a new economic boom.

The Defence Minister, General Werner von Blomberg, ensured that the Army remained loyal to the new regime.

Its status as a sacred language has ensured its continuing use for new compositions long after the language had ceased to be a living language.

The Cuban Revolutionary Party's ' Bases and Statutes ' aimed at: 1 ) Winning absolute independence for Cuba and aiding that of Puerto Rico ; 2 ) ordering a ' generous and brief war ' that would ensure peace and happiness for all Cuba's inhabitants ; 3 ) organizing this war so that it should be ' republican in spirit and methods ', and lead to a society fulfilling ' in the historical life of the continent '; 4 ) ensuring that no ' authoritarian spirit and bureaucratic make-up of the colony ' would exist in the new Cuba ; 5 ) preventing any one particular group from having more power than other groups ; 6 ) creating a harmonious fatherland with economic prosperity ensured by allowing outlets for the economic activities of all its inhabitants ; 7 ) maintaining friendly relations with the U. S .; and, 8 ) bringing the above intentions through a set of concrete aims: to unite all Cubans living abroad, to bring together all factions inside and outside of Cuba, to prepare inside Cuba the knowledge and spirit of the revolution, to collect funds, to establish relations with friendly peoples to accelerate the success of the war, and finally, to organize the Cuban Revolutionary Party according to the secret rules agreed upon by the founding organizations.

Cárdenas ensured that teachers were paid on time, made personal inspections of many classrooms, and opened a hundred new rural schools.