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Historically, Samaritans were a large community — up to more than a million in late Roman times, but were then gradually reduced to several tens of thousands a few centuries ago — their unprecedented demographic shrinkage has been a result of various historical events, including, most notably, the bloody suppression of the Third Samaritan Revolt ( 529 CE ) against the Byzantine Christian rulers, and mass conversion to Islam in the Early Muslim period of Palestine.
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Historically, the use of two guns at once, one in each hand, is most associated with the American Old West, where revolvers holding only six rounds of ammunition were the highest capacity handguns available and reloading was a slow process.
Historically almost all early computers were accumulator machines ; and many microcontrollers still popular as of 2010 ( such as the 68HC12, the PICmicro, the 8051 and several others ) are basically accumulator machines.
Historically, all living things were grouped as either animals or plants, and botany covered the study of all organisms not considered to be animals.
Historically the languages were spoken over a larger area: West to the mouth of the Vistula river in present-day Poland, at least as far East as the Dniepr river in present-day Belarus, perhaps even to Moscow, perhaps as far south as Kiev.
Historically, allegations of cannibalism were used by the colonial powers to justify the enslavement of what were seen as primitive peoples ; cannibalism has been said to test the bounds of cultural relativism as it challenges anthropologists " to define what is or is not beyond the pale of acceptable human behavior ".
Historically, in Socialist systems collectivist economics were carried to their furthest extreme, with a minimum of private ownership and a maximum of planned economy.
Historically, the baudot and braille keyboards were standardized to some extent, but they are unable to replicate the full character set of a modern keyboard.
Historically, Charlton's most successful period was the 1930s, when the club's highest league finishes were recorded, including runners-up of the First Division in 1937.
Historically, Japanese attempts to normalize their relationship with China were met with Taiwanese accusations of ingratitude.
Historically, cranberry beds were constructed in wetlands.
Historically, RT-11 also served as the inspiration for many microcomputer OS's, as these were generally being written by programmers who cut their teeth on one of the many PDP-11 models.
Historically, lawyers in most European countries were addressed with the title of doctor, and countries outside of Europe have generally followed the practice of the European country which had policy influence through modernization or colonialization.
Historically, division rings were sometimes referred to as fields, while fields were called “ commutative fields ”.
Historically, some encyclopedias were contained in one volume, but some, such as the Encyclopædia Britannica or the world ´ s largest Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana, became huge multi-volume works.
Historically, distances were often measured by chains such as Gunter's chain, and angles using graduated circles and, later, the theodolite.
Historically, elliptic functions were discovered as inverse functions of elliptic integrals.
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Historically, the hadrons ( mesons and baryons such as the proton and neutron ) and even whole atoms were once regarded as elementary particles ( indeed, the word " atom " means " indivisible ").
Historically, this area of Lochaber was strongly Clan Cameron country, and there were a number of mainly Cameron settlements in the area ( such as Blarmacfoldach ).
Historically they were sometimes called Feynman-Dyson diagrams or Dyson graphs, because when they were introduced the path integral was unfamiliar, and Freeman Dyson's derivation from old-fashioned perturbation theory was easier to follow for physicists trained in earlier methods.
Historically the first decade of semiconductor electronics were entirely based on germanium, although its production for such use today is a small fraction ( 2 %) of that of ultra-high purity silicon, which has largely replaced it.
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Historically, the size of farms and landed estates in the United Kingdom was usually expressed in acres ( or acres, roods, and perches ), even if the number of acres was so large that it might conveniently have been expressed in square miles.
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Historically, large Irish American communities have been found in Philadelphia ; Chicago ; Boston ; New York City ; Detroit ; New England ; Baltimore ; Pittsburgh ; St. Paul, Minnesota ; Buffalo ; Broome County ; Los Angeles ; and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Historically, in the warm Middle Eastern and Mediterranean climates, the courtyard served to accommodate the large number of worshippers during Friday prayers.
Historically, Sicily was a large source of sulfur in the Industrial Revolution.
Historically, large sacks often contained grains ; thus the association of these knots with the miller's trade.
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Historically, Hinduism has only recently had a large influence in western countries such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada.
Historically, tree farming, trucking, and pulp production have characterized a large portion of the local economy.
Historically, attendee lists have been weighted towards bankers, politicians, and directors of large businesses.
Historically, the purpose of covering a bridge was to protect the large timbers and trusses from the elements.
Historically there was a large Pennsylvania Dutch ( from Pennsylvania Deutsch or German ) population.
Historically, Sassenheim had a large bulbflower industry but this has now all but disappeared, only a few fields remain.
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Historically, a farad was regarded as an inconveniently large unit, both electrically and physically.
Historically, the city was previously known for its two large flour mills.
Historically Thornhill ( St. Michael ) was a large ecclesiastical parish in the wapentake of Agbrigg, West Riding of Yorkshire which joined the Dewsbury Poor Law Union in 1837.
Historically, because large groups of people have been able to bring about dramatic and sudden social change in a manner that bypasses established due process, they have also provoked controversy.
Historically, however, Almaty does have a record of some large destructive earthquakes.
Historically, it was also the name of a large Wyandot town along the river.
Historically in Europe, Lobaria pulmonaria was collected in large quantities as " Lungwort " and, due to its lung-like appearance, was sold as a cure for lung diseases.
Historically, in telephone switches, connections between callers were arranged with large, expensive banks of electromechanical relays, Strowger switches.
Historically, in the British Empire ( most of which would become the Commonwealth ) High Commissioners were envoys of the Imperial Government appointed to manage protectorates or groups of territories not fully under the sovereignty of the British Crown, while Crown colonies ( which were British sovereign territory ) would normally be administered by a Governor and the most significant possessions, large confederations and the independent Commonwealth Dominions would be headed by a Governor-General.
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