Historically, in the warm Middle Eastern and Mediterranean climates, the courtyard served to accommodate the large number of worshippers during Friday prayers.

Historically within the Middle East, Europe and the rest of the Old World, settlements were located on higher ground ( for defense ) and close to fresh water sources.

Historically, after the Roman denomination of it as Gallia Belgica, the region politically had its origins in Middle Francia, more precisely its northern part which became the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia.

Historically, meat jellies were made of the cleaned ( all organs removed ) head of the animal, which was simmered to produce stock, a peasant food made since the Middle Ages.

Historically, nocturne is a very old term applied to night Offices and, since the Middle Ages, to divisions in the canonical hour of Matins.

Historically, Langley was made up of a number of clearings, known as: George Green, Horsemoor Green, Middle Green, Sawyers Green and Shreding Green.

Historically, falconry was a popular sport and status symbol among the nobles of medieval Europe, the Middle East, and Mongolian Empire.

: Historically interesting as Walther's political verses are, their merit has been somewhat exaggerated by many 19th and early 20th century German critics, who saw their own imperial aspirations and anti-papal prejudices reflected in this patriotic poet of the Middle Ages.

Historically, Eastern Catholic Churches were located in Eastern Europe, the Asian Middle East, Northern Africa, and India.

Historically, because of the warm Mediterranean and Middle Eastern climates, the courtyard served to accommodate the large number of worshippers during Friday prayers.

Historically the Ferghana Valley was an important staging-post on the Silk Road for goods and people traveling from China to the Middle East and Europe.

Historically Middle Bass has also been called Ile de Fleurs and North Bass was known as Isle St. George.

Historically, the city's strategic location between branches of the slow running Odra River, which forms many islands in the area, was utilised in the Middle Ages when Wroclaw was turned into a fortress.

Historically, this position allowed the rulers of Derbent to control land traffic between the Eurasian Steppe and the Middle East.

Historically, they have been known as South Melbourne Hellas, a tribute to the migrant Greek founders of the club and traditionally played at Middle Park.

Historically, however, belief in the Sabbatine Privilege had a positive impact on the popularity of the scapular, and the growth of the Carmelites, and over the centuries helped the devotion to the scapular reach a height that the Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages called it " one of the main Marian devotions of Christendom ".

Historically a part of Lancashire, Milnrow during the Middle Ages was a hamlet located within the township of Butterworth and parish of Rochdale.

Historically, there was also a further hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby: the village of Cestersover, abandoned in the Middle Ages.

Historically, in the Middle Ages West Heath was part of the upper division of Halfshire Hundred that also contained Bromsgrove, Coston Hackett, Dodderhill, Doverdale, Droitwich, Elmbridge, Feckenham, Hadsor, Hampton Lovet, Kington, Kings Norton, Northfield, Salwarpe, Tardebigge and Upton Warren.

Historically, the jobs of farrier and blacksmith were practically synonymous, shown by the etymology of the word: farrier comes from Middle French: ferrier ( blacksmith ), from the Latin word ferrum ( iron ).

Historically, especially in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, the western section has been known as the Low Countries.

Historically within Lancashire, Horwich emerged in the Middle Ages as a hunting chase.

Historically this area has produced more oil than any other area in the United States, and until the discovery of oil in the Middle East, was the largest known oil reserve in the world.

Historically, " culottes " referred to the knee-breeches commonly worn by gentlemen of the European upper-classes from the late Middle Ages or Renaissance through the early nineteenth century.

Historically, Newfoundland English was first recognized as a separate dialect by the late 18th century when George Cartwright published a glossary of Newfoundland words.

Historically the Dublin county area, parts of Wicklow and Louth, became under heavy exclusive influence from the first English settlements ( known as The Pale ).

Historically, the Palace of Westminster and the Tower of London were the main residences of the English Sovereign until Henry VIII acquired the Palace of Whitehall.

Historically, the substantive and editorial differences among the first-edition and the third-edition versions is that the former, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ( 1926 ), is a prescriptive style guide to clear and expressive writing, whilst the latter versions, The New Fowler ’ s Modern English Usage ( 1996 ) and Fowler ’ s Modern English Usage ( 2004 ), are descriptive usage guides to spoken and written English.

Historically, the English language name for the city, " Kishinev ", was based on the modified Russian one because it entered the English language via Russian at the time Chișinău was part of the Russian Empire ( e. g. Kishinev pogrom ).

Historically, a woman in England would assume her new husband's family name ( or surname ) after marriage, and this remains common practice in the United Kingdom today as well as in common law countries and countries where English is spoken, including Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Ireland, India, Philippines, the English-speaking provinces of Canada, and the United States.

Historically, the term barbarian has seen widespread use, in English.

Historically, the main British naval bases were located near the English Channel to better face England's old enemies, France, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Historically, he was a highly influential judge ; within England and Wales, his statements and works were used to justify the right to silence, while the Statute of Monopolies is considered to be one of the first actions in the conflict between Parliament and monarch that led to the English Civil War.

Historically, English patent law was based on custom and the common law, not on statute.

Historically a centre for hand-loom weaving, it was also the site of a battle in 1643 during the early part of the English Civil War.

Historically, there were two gender neutral pronouns native to English dialects, " ou " and " a ", but they have long since died out.

Historically, its inhabitants were called Svear, whereof an English version is the Swea.

Historically, " Anglo-Saxon " has been used for centuries to refer to the Anglo Saxon language of the inhabitants of England before 1066, and since the 19th century has been in common use to refer to all people of English descent.

Historically, the Comptroller of the Household was a position in the English royal household, the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department.

Historically, only Germany from 1871 to 1918 — when Germany was under the rule of an emperor — is known in English as the " German Empire ", while the term " German Reich " describes Germany from 1871 to 1945.

Historically a part of Lancashire, Aigburth means " hill where oak trees grow " and is a hybrid place-name: the first part of the name is from Old Norse eikr " oak tree " ( which is found in Eikton in Cumbria and Eakring in Nottinghamshire ) and Old English beorg meaning " hill, tumulus " but here in the sense " rising ground ".

Historically the spelling in English is gendarmery, but the French spelling gendarmerie is now more common.

Historically, English syllabics have not evolved over time from native practice, but rather are the inventions of literate poets, primarily in the 20th century.

Historically a part of Cumberland, Cockermouth is situated outside the English Lake District on its northwest fringe.

Historically the term comes from the Greek philosophical term nous, which was translated into Latin as intellectus ( derived from the verb intelligere ) and into French ( and then English ) as intelligence.