Its use began to develop from this original sense when the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek ; in Ancient Greece the term διασπορά ( diaspora ) meant " scattering " and was used to refer to citizens of a dominant city-state who emigrated to a conquered land with the purpose of colonization, to assimilate the territory into the empire.

According to Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman, authors of The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts, at the time of the kingdoms of David and Solomon, Jerusalem was populated by only few hundred residents or less, which is insufficient for an empire stretching from the Euphrates to Eilath.

Its slow decline starting at the end of the fourteenth century followed internal discord and revolts by vassal states, one of which, Songhai, flourished as an empire between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Its territory had originally been a part of Middle Francia, created in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun, when the Carolingian empire was divided between the three sons of Louis the Pious.

Its purpose was to carry mail to and from Britain's growing empire.

Its various factions and races include the Imperium of Man, a decentralized yet totalitarian interstellar empire that has ruled the vast majority of humanity for millennia, the Orks ( similar to Warhammer Fantasy Orcs ), the Eldar ( similar to Elves in Warhammer Fantasy Battle ), and Daemons ( very similar in both universes, although the precise natures of their creation and existence vary slightly ), among others.

Its effectiveness for mounted warfare and popularity among soldiers across the entirety of the Mongol empire had lasting effects.

Its eponymous protagonist, an 11-year-old, learns enough about the stock market from a class field trip to build a financial empire of his own.

Its territories began to free themselves from the suzerainty of Palembang and to establish many small kingdoms all over the former empire.

Its succeeding representative resisted for a brief moment during his affiliation with the remnant of the CIS called the Separatist holdouts but was later forced to sign a surrender treaty by Clone Troopers who had recently become Stormtroopers which made the federation a puppet government of the empire.

Its value varied, but it was standardized in the late empire as 1. 2829 kilograms.

Its role in the political life of the empire was one of the factors that lead to the creation of independent Czechoslovak Republic.

Its empire was then extended to cover the triangle: Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh ; and later reached out to serve Oban, Ballachulish, Dundee, Perth, Aberdeen and Dumfries.

Its purpose was to help finance the operations of the empire, including the cost of stationing British troops in North America, without seeking revenue from the colonial assemblies.

Its exceptional strategic importance was reflected both in the defense of the northern border of the Roman empire and in turn of communications and commercial transactions.

Its position in Turkey is similar to saudade in Portugal in that it's a melancholic feeling popular in art and culture following the fall of a great empire.

Its origin is traced to the practice of Byzantine Emperors awarding ceremonial swords to their military commanders in recognition of their valour in defending the empire.

Its eastern successor, the Byzantine Empire, neglected to revive overland trade routes but was dependent on keeping the sea lanes open to keep the empire together.

Its predisposition to monastic institutionalization throughout the empire allowed it to eventually assimilate and co-opt Taoist perspectives.

Its power slipped away during the Regency of Philippe d ' Orléans, ( 1715 – 1723 ) and the long regime of King Louis XV, when France lost the Seven Years ' War with England, and lost much of its empire in Canada and India.

Its Member States include the five nations known today as the Successor States and the Terran Hegemony, a star empire centered around Terra.

Its drafting by the Continental Congress began in mid 1776, and an approved version was sent to the states for ratification in late 1777.

Its success ( coupled with some theatrical releases of the film in Europe ) convinced CBS to turn it into a weekly series, which began airing in the Spring of 1978.

Its ability to provide hypertext links within documents that could reach into documents anywhere on the Internet began the creation of the Web on the Internet.

Its two major components, the Saturn Workshop and the Apollo Telescope Mount, began their development as separate projects ( the SWS was kludged from the S-IVB stage of the Saturn 1B and Saturn V launch vehicles, the ATM was kludged from an early design for the descent stage of the Apollo Lunar Module ).

Its water level began to rise, eventually flooded the valley of Mga and broke into the valley of the river Tosna.

Its popularity in the US began when soldiers returning from World War II brought back with them a taste for the “ pizza herb ”, which had probably been eaten in southern Italy for centuries.

Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power.

Its name derives from the Ancient Greek words and, meaning visible life, since it was once believed that life began in the Cambrian, the first period of this eon.

Its industrial sector began to grow in the mid-19th century, and had become the largest in Europe by the beginning of the 20th century.

Its bright white color is caused by its higher than usual rate of star formation, which began 100 million years ago after a merger.

Its construction began during the Spanish Renaissance in the early 16th century, shortly after the conquest of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs, who commissioned the works to Juan Gil de Hontañón and Enrique Egas.

Its global youth program, Roots & Shoots began in 1991 when a group of 16 local teenagers met with Goodall on her back porch in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Its operations began on January 13, 1933, by order of P. I. Baranov, People's Commissar of the Heavy Industry and the Head of the Main Department of Aviation Industry.

Its history of innovation began with its founding, when André-Gustave Citroën introduced the first industrial mass production of vehicles outside the United States, a technique he developed while mass-producing armaments for the French military in World War I.

Its first line began operating in December 1876, and traveled from the courthouse down Main Street to the T & P Depot.

Its history began with a crude search for treasure and for artefacts which fell into the category of ' curio '.

Its official release was on October 17, 2007, but many stores began selling it five days in advance due to an internet leak of the album.

Its popularity began to steadily decline thereafter ; the name fell out of the top 100 after 1977, and out of the top 500 after 2001.

Its negotiations on duty-free status and relationship with the Union began in 1987, soon after Spain joined.

Its naval and commercial development began in the 17th Century, and its first school for mariners was established in 1645.

Its governor was raised to the rank of consularis in 320, and the province remained one of the seven provinces of the diocese of Africa until the invasion of the Vandals in 428 AD, which began its slow decay, accompanied by desertification.

Its construction began in 1548 under the supervision of the then Lord Deputy Sir Edward Bellingham in an attempt to secure English control in the county following the exile of native Celtic chieftains the previous year.

Its filming, which began on November 22, 1965, at Keelung, was scheduled to take about nine weeks, but it ended up taking seven months.