Rabbi Trugman states that in the last five centuries the concept of reincarnation, which until then had been a much hidden tradition within Judaism, was given open exposure.

The invasion of Persia was completed five years after the death of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and all of the Persian territories came under Arab control, though pockets of tribal resistance continued for centuries in the Afghan territories.

Glass beads have been in use for almost five centuries in the Americas.

After five centuries, the Ottoman Empire lost virtually all of its possessions in the Balkans.

The Enûma Eliš, a text written between the 18th and 16th centuries BC, describes five personified cosmic elements: the sea, earth, sky, fire, and wind.

Because the Julian calendar's implicit solar year has drifted further over the centuries than those of the Gregorian or Hebrew calendars, Julian Easter is a lunation later than Gregorian Easter in five years out of nineteen, namely years 3, 8, 11, 14, and 19 of the Christian cycle.

It is a Greek manuscript attributed to Solomon and likely written in either Babylonia or Egypt sometime in the first five centuries A. D., over a thousand years after Solomon's death.

Thus we have in the first five centuries such epithets applied to her as " in every respect holy ", " in all things unstained ", " super-innocent " and " singularly holy "; she is compared to Eve before the fall, as ancestress of a redeemed people ; she is " the earth before it was accursed.

Although now ruined as a result of the slighting, or deliberate partial destruction, of the castle after the English Civil War, Kenilworth illustrates five centuries of English military and civil architecture.

For the next five centuries, Muslim monarchs ruled Kashmir, including the Mughals, who ruled from 1526 until 1751, then the Afghan Durrani Empire that ruled from 1747 until 1820.

Lithuania's close association with Poland had thus begun, and lasted, in one form or another, for nearly five centuries.

Over the following five centuries, the powerful House of Luxembourg emerged.

They have become a typical aspect of Portuguese culture, manifesting without interruption during five centuries the consecutive trends in art.

" The emphasis on these eight notes would continue for a few centuries after the " seven and five " system was adopted, in the form of the short octave: the eight aforementioned notes were arranged at the leftmost side of the keyboard, compressed in the keys between E and C ( at the time, accidentals that low were very uncommon and thus not needed ).

In the innermost parts of the town a wide selection of half-timbered buildings from at least five different centuries are to be found ( including a 14th century structure one of Germany's oldest ), while around the outer fringes of the old town there are wonderful examples of Jugendstil buildings, dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

" Rhetorical training proper was categorized under five canons that would persist for centuries in academic circles:

With this all Roman able-bodied, property-owning male citizens were divided into five classes for military service based on their wealth and then organised into centuries as sub-units of the greater Roman army or legio ( multitude ).

There exist five schools of thought of fiqh, all founded within the first four centuries of Islam.

Archaeology has given support to the long-held theory that old Norse sagas show Vikings reached North America approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

Roman control of Gaul lasted for five centuries, until the last Roman rump state, the Domain of Soissons, fell to the Franks in AD 486.

In 1352, the Ottoman Turks conducted their first incursion into the region subduing it completely within a matter of two decades and occupying it for five centuries.

During the next five centuries only six further councils were held.

Carnival in Malta ( Maltese: il-Karnival ta ' Malta ) has had an important place on the Maltese cultural calendar for just under five centuries, having been introduced to the Islands by Grand Master Piero de Ponte in 1535.

In the narrative, just prior to this test, when Joseph had first met all of his brothers ( but not identified himself to them ), he had held a feast for them ; the narrative heavily implies that Benjamin was Joseph's favorite brother, since he is overcome with tears when he first meets Benjamin in particular, and he gives Benjamin five times as much food as he apportions to the others.

Ten families of crocodilians or their close relatives are represented in the Maastrichtian fossil records, of which five died out prior to the K – T boundary.

A similar declaration was issued with regard to Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo's conferring of episcopal ordination on four men-all of whom, by virtue of previous Independent Catholic consecrations, claimed already to be bishops-on 24 September 2006: the Holy See, as well as stating that, in accordance with Canon 1382 of the Code of Canon Law, all five men involved incurred automatic (" latae sententiae ") excommunication through their actions, declared that " the Church does not recognise and does not intend in the future to recognise these ordinations or any ordinations derived from them, and she holds that the canonical state of the four alleged bishops is the same as it was prior to the ordination.

Since FIDE titles are for life, a GM or IM does not count for the purposes of this requirement if he had not had a GM or IM result in the five years prior to the tournament.

A second classical distinction is between the Written Torah ( laws written in the Hebrew Bible, specifically its first five books ), and Oral Law, laws believed transmitted orally prior to compilation in texts such as the Mishnah, Talmud, and Rabbinic codes.

The Simcoes had five daughters prior to their posting in Canada.

Traditionally it has been argued that prior to the beginning of the 14th century, the weapon was a self bow between four and five feet in length, known since the 19th century as the shortbow.

In addition to Brunello di Montalcino, which must be aged five years prior to release, 6 years for the Riserva, Rosso di Montalcino ( DOC ), made from sangiovese grosso grapes and aged one year, and a variety of Super Tuscan wines are also produced within the comune, as well as the Moscadello sweet white wines for which it was most famous until the development of the Brunello series.

* 1963 – U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson makes his first address to Congress as president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy five days prior.

The lifespan of parliament is limited by the constitution to five years and, though the governor general may still, on the advice of the prime minister, dissolve parliament and issue the writs of election prior to the date mandated by the Canada Elections Act ; the King-Byng Affair was the only time since Confederation that the viceroy deemed it necessary to refuse his prime minister's request for a general vote.

The seniority of the pilus prior centurions was followed by the five other century commanders of the first cohort, who were known as primi ordines.

According to estimates, prior to the American Civil War, Southerners ate around five pounds of pork for every one pound of beef they consumed.

About four months prior to his death, Prinze had signed a multi-year deal with NBC worth US $ 6 million over five years.

Naturalization applicants must also meet the following requirements: be over 18 years of age, have resided in Israel for three out of the five preceding years, have settled or intend to settle permanently in Israel, have some knowledge of Hebrew, and have renounced prior nationality or demonstrated ability to renounce nationality after becoming a citizen of Israel.

Surprising his doctors, White lived five years longer than predicted but died in April 1990, one month prior to his high school graduation.

The 1940 race, run three months prior to the entry of The Netherlands to World War II, saw over 3, 000 competitors start at 05: 00 on 30 January, with the first five finishing at 16: 34.

Don Redman and Fletcher Henderson also featured scat vocals in their recording of " My Papa Doesn ’ t Two-Time No Time " five months prior to Armstrong ’ s 1926 recording of " Heebie Jeebies ".

There was considerable acrimony between the two very high-profile senators during the life of this committee, which reached a level of public disagreement between the five leaders of a congressional committee seldom seen in recent years, amid allegations that Glenn suppressed these issues prior to his subsequent space shuttle flight which had to be approved by President Clinton.

An asymptomatic incubation period occurs nine to twelve days from initial exposure and infectivity lasts from two to four days prior, until two to five days following the onset of the rash ( i. e. four to nine days infectivity in total ).

This is the only book in the five novel series not to have also had a prior, abridged edition read by Stephen Moore.

Wyatt Earp testified after the gunfight that five or six weeks prior he had met Ike Clanton outside the Alhambra Hotel.

In 2005, viewers of BBC Television's Newsnight Review voted the film their fourth favourite of all time ; it was the only film in the top five made prior to 1970.

During his stay in the Tower he may have witnessed not only the execution of Anne Boleyn ( May 19, 1536 ) from his cell window but also the prior executions of the five men with whom she was accused of adultery.