The Turkish language and the Islamic religion were gradually introduced as a result of the Seljuk conquest, and this period marks the start of Anatolia's slow transition from predominantly Christian and Indo-European and Semitic-speaking, to predominantly Muslim and Turkish-speaking ( Although some ethnic groups such as Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and Georgians retained Christianity and their native languages ).

Nevertheless most armies seemed to have retained it within firing batteries and some duplicated the technical fire control teams in a battery to give operational resilience and tactical flexibility.

Stoutly Catholic, the inhabitants have retained some of their past as can be still seen in their own particular style of costume.

In some places, blue laws may be enforced due to religious principles, but others are retained as a matter of tradition or out of convenience.

In some cases these laws were created or retained with the support of those whom they affected, to allow them a day off each week without fear of their competitors still being open.

He retained elements of the original, but threw some country music aspects in to the song ( specifically, Western Swing ) and cleaned up the lyrics.

When Red Hat's stock rose significantly after its initial public offering in 1999, they sold enough stock to recoup their initial investment, and retained some stocks.

In some Bantu languages, historically breathy-voiced stops have been phonetically devoiced, but the four-way contrast in the system has been retained.

Essentially, every country that was colonised at some time by England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom uses common law except those that were formerly colonised by other nations, such as Quebec ( which follows the law of France in part ), South Africa and Sri Lanka ( which follow Roman Dutch law ), where the prior civil law system was retained to respect the civil rights of the local colonists.

The second noteworthy characteristic is that the country borders on very different parts of the African continent: North Africa, with its Islamic culture and economic orientation toward the Mediterranean Basin ; West Africa, with its diverse religions and cultures and its history of highly developed states and regional economies ; Northeast Africa, oriented toward the Nile Valley and Red Sea region ; and Central or Equatorial Africa, some of whose people have retained classical African religions while others have adopted Christianity, and whose economies were part of the great Congo River system.

Although female roles were performed by castrati in some of the papal states, this was increasingly rare ; by 1680, they had supplanted " normal " male voices in lead roles, and retained their position as primo uomo for about a hundred years ; an Italian opera not featuring at least one renowned castrato in a lead part would be doomed to fail.

However, the term is applied to multidimensional data as well as to univariate data and in situations where a transformation of the data values for some or all dimensions would usually be considered necessary: in the latter cases, the notion of a " central location " is retained in converting an " average " computed for the transformed data back to the original units.

In some of those languages, the capitalization is customarily retained even when those words occur within compound words or suffixed to a verb.

During the 17th century cavalry in Europe lost most of its armor, ineffective against the muskets and cannon which were coming into use, and by the mid-19th century armor had mainly fallen into disuse, although some regiments retained a small thickened cuirass that offered protection against lances and sabres and some protection against shot.

Though the Emperor retained some power over imperial churches, his power was damaged irreparably because he lost the religious authority that previously belonged to the office of the king.

When one society finds itself forced to relinquish power entirely to another society that in itself is a form of underdevelopment .... During the centuries of pre-colonial trade, some control over social political and economic life was retained in Africa, in spite of the disadvantageous commerce with Europeans.

In this way much of the atmosphere of the live performance is retained but without some of the problems associated with amplified drums.

Though there is little evidence supporting Aksumite control of the region at that time, his title, which includes king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan ( all in modern-day Yemen ), along with gold Aksumite coins with the inscriptions, " king of the Habshat " or " Habashite ," indicate that Aksum might have retained some legal or actual footing in the area.

Even in such cases, over-learned and rote-learned speech patterns may be retained — for instance, some patients can count from one to ten, but cannot produce the same numbers in ordinary conversation.

During his career as a director, he retained an early ambition to teach science, and after his career declined in the 1950s he made some educational TV films related to science subjects.

Oversize solids in the fluid are retained, but the separation is not complete ; solids will be contaminated with some fluid and filtrate will contain fine particles ( depending on the pore size and filter thickness ).

The Syrians remained in control of a strip of territory along the Sea of Galilee originally allocated to the Jewish state, the Lebanese occupied a tiny area at Rosh Hanikra and the Egyptians retained the Gaza strip and still had some forces surrounded inside Israeli territory.

Although many Hellenised Jews seem, as at the Dura-Europos synagogue, to have had images of religious figures, the traditional Mosaic prohibition of " graven images " no doubt retained some effect, although never proclaimed by theologians.

While some might argue that, by this logic, humans should also express hairy shoulders given that these body parts would putatively be exposed to similar conditions, the protection of the head, the seat of the brain that enabled humanity to become one of the most successful species on the planet ( and which also is very vulnerable at birth ), was arguably a more urgent issue ( axillary hair in the underarms and groin were also retained as signs of sexual maturity ).

Although Wenceslaus upon his father's death retained Bohemia, his younger half-brother Sigismund inherited Brandenburg, while John received the newly-established Duchy of Görlitz in Upper Lusatia.

The prince took part in several Scots campaigns, but despite these martial engagements, " all his father's efforts could not prevent his acquiring the habits of extravagance and frivolity which he retained all through his life ".

Manuel's son, Juan José Nieto, retained the title to a large portion of his father's original properties in southern California that included the present-day area of Cypress.

Traditionally, Chinese women became part of their husband's family but retained their old surnames, while their children acquired the father's name.

Charles de Montalembert was under twenty-five at his father's death and therefore too young to take his seat as a peer, but he retained other rights.

At the death of Henry II in 1559, the Protestants of France looked forward to a relaxation of stringent policies against their religion, but the young king, Francis II, retained his father's policy.

Although Prem Rawat was accepted as his father's successor, because of his age his family retained effective control of the DLM.

Despite the his father's disgrace, Ramage retained significant patrons within the navy enabling him to be promoted to lieutenant at age 20, the earliest age possible.

Although she rejected her father's plans to be educated as a doctor, she retained a strong interest in medicine.

Ruth retained her mainden name when writing scientific papers, at her father's request.

Murray's grandfather on his father's side retained a permanent suite at the Connaught Hotel, while his grandmother retained a similar suite at Claridges Hotel.

The King had to share power with the elected Legislative Assembly, but he still retained his royal veto and the ability to select ministers.

The King had to share power with the elected Legislative Assembly, although he still retained his royal veto and the ability to select ministers.

It should be noted, the PDPA still demanded it held on to all deputy ministers, retained its majority in the state bureaucracy and that it retained all its provincial governors.

After the English Restoration of 1660 and the 1662 Uniformity Act, almost all Puritan clergy left the Church of England, some becoming nonconformist ministers, and the nature of the movement in England changed radically, though it retained its character for much longer in New England.

The ministers retained their membership in the Church of England.

He retained full executive authority and ministers were responsible only to him ( indeed, as late as 1910, Prussian kings believed that they ruled by divine right ).

After crushing local nobles engaged in warlord-ism, the Kings of France retained all authority with the help of able yet discreet Prime ministers ( Mazarin, Richelieu ).

In the early years ministers were often provided by the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion which had its origins in the 18th century Evangelical Revival and by the middle of the 19th century still retained many Anglican features such as the use of the surplice and Book of Common Prayer.

The traditional practice of voting by physically entering division lobbies is retained for some symbolically important votes: motion of no confidence, election of the Ceann Comhairle, and nomination of Taoiseach and cabinet ministers.

Guelleh retained Dileita in his post even though various other long-serving ministers were dropped from the new government that was announced on 12 May.

He retained the cabinet-level ministers of the former president and continued the programs of his predecessor.

Yaw Shin Leong successfully retained the party stronghold of Hougang with a majority slightly under 65 %, while Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Pritam Singh were victorious in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, claiming 54. 71 % of the votes to unseat the incumbent PAP team which included two cabinet ministers, including the Foreign Minister George Yeo.

Even after embracing Buddhism, Ashoka retained the membership of Hindu Brahmana priests and ministers in his court.

Over time, former ministers and other distinguished persons were retained as peripheral advisors with designated ministers having the direct ear of the king ; this led to the creation of the larger Privy Council, with the Cabinet becoming a committee within the that body, made up of appointed ministers.

It is common after elections, even if the party in power is retained, as the prime minister's reading of public opinion as evidenced by the election may require some change in policy, in addition to any changes resulting from the retirement or defeat of individuals ministers at the election.

After the 1952 elections a new cabinet was formed and the VVD was replaced by the ARP, while the CHU retained two ministers.

A new cabinet was formed with the same composition and the CHU retained its two ministers.

On August 2, when Peterson shuffled his cabinet in the wake of the scandal, Kwinter was one of only two ministers who retained their positions despite the scandal.

There was some speculation that their hostility might result in MacDonald being amongst the ministers dropped to make way for them ( as happened to Earl de la Warr, the other National Labour minister ) but instead MacDonald was retained and became Minister of Health.

After the formation of the coalition government in 2010, Gove was appointed the Secretary of State for Education and was one of those cabinet ministers who retained their 2010 appointments in the September 2012 reshuffle.

When Parts resigned in April 2005, Jaak Jõerüüt was one of the few ministers retained in Andrus Ansip's government.