Like his predecessor Herodotus, known as " the father of history ", Thucydides places a high value on eyewitness testimony and writes about events in which he himself probably took part.

Like the Scythians whom Herodotus describes in book four of his History ( Saka is an Iranian word equivalent to the Greek Scythos, and many scholars refer to them together as Saka-Scythian ), Sakas were Iranian-speaking horse nomads who deployed chariots in battle, sacrificed horses, and buried their dead in barrows or mound tombs called kurgans.

Like the Massagetae to the west, the Issedones are described by Herodotus as similar to, yet distinct from, the Scythians.

Like, for example, a man carrying a twenty-two rifle, probably with a telescopic sight attached??

Like the latter, they were probably semi-nomadic.

Like many Italian dishes, minestrone was probably originally not a dish made for its own sake, like for example the ancient Roman green onion soup " Patella Lucretiana ", or Lucrezio's dish.

Like its descendants, it inhabited mostly northern latitudes, and was probably well-adapted to the cold.

Like other pterosaurs, Pteranodon probably took off from a standing, quadrupedal position.

Like other examples of Old Rus ' literature ( for example, Byliny, the Primary Chronicle ), which survived only in Northern Russia ( Upper Volga belt ) and was probably created there.

Like most Niger – Congo languages, the ancestor of Gur languages probably had a noun class system ; many of today's languages have reduced this to a system of nominal genders or declensions or no longer have a class system.

Like Miller, the Creedence and Axton lyrics probably use the word " Kalamazoo " as an oblique reference to Gibson Guitars, which made various models named " Kalamazoo ", all prominently adorned with the city's name as their origin.

Like the Kunduz, it probably drains the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush by deep lateral valleys, more or less parallel to the crest, reaching westwards towards the Khawak Pass.

Like many salty condiments, soy sauce was probably originally a way to stretch salt, historically an expensive commodity.

Like much Roman comedy, it is probably translated from an earlier Greek original, most commonly held to be Philemon's Long Night, or Rhinthon's Amphitryon, both now lost.

Like Belatu-Cadros, he was probably worshipped by lower-ranked Roman soldiers as well as Britons.

Like mitochondrial " Eve ", Y-chromosomal " Adam " probably lived in Africa ; however, this " Eve " lived much earlier than this " Adam " – perhaps some 50, 000 to 80, 000 years earlier.

Like Protagoras and others, Prodicus delivered lectures in return for payment of from half a drachma to 50 drachmae, probably according to whether the hearers limited themselves to a single lecture or a more complete course.

Like the Linlithgow structure, the Forework was probably intended more for show, evoking the " age of chivalry ", than for defence, as it would have offered little protection against contemporary artillery.

Like other bee-eaters it predominantly eats insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. This species probably takes bees and dragonflies in roughly equal numbers.

Like most other epizoic species, there is no fossil record, but they are probably no older than late Tertiary.

Like many other hunter-gathering peoples, they appear to have had band leaders but probably not more formal " chiefs ".

Like its counterpart Deptford Dockyard, it was probably chosen for its position-on the south bank of the tidal River Thames conveniently close to Henry's palace at Greenwich.

Like most fellow travelers of all degrees, Lumpkin probably never joined the Communist Party.

Perkunatete or Perkunatele is in Baltic mythology the thunder goddess mother of Perkunas, in Slavic mythology referred to as Percunatele mother of Perun, which is probably derived from the Balts Like many such goddesses absorbed into Christianity, she is, today, difficult to distinguish from the Christian madonna, Mary, one of whose epithets was Panna Maria Percunatele.

Like the other dolls, Marion is made for combat, probably to act as a bodyguard for her creator.

Like his neighbor Sihon of Heshbon, whom Moses had previously conquered at the battle of Jahaz he was an Amorite king, the ruler of Bashan, which contained sixty walled cities and many unwalled towns, with his capital at Ashtaroth ( probably modern Tell Ashareh, where there still exists a 70-foot mound ).

Like all Japanese sandals, zōri allow for free circulation of air around the feet, a feature that probably came about because of the humid climate that predominates throughout most of Japan.

Like most major works of synthesis, The History Of England is informed by the positive views of a first-class mind, and this is surely a major work.

Like his volume on Wycliffe, the work was accompanied by the publication of a selected group of documents, in this case illustrative of the history of Queen Anne's reign down to 1707.

Like ours, the economy of the space merchants must constantly expand in order to survive, and, like ours, it is based on the principle of `` ever increasing everybody's work and profits in the circle of consumption ''.

Like many others, he had to work hard, long hours in a struggling family business which, though it was allied to art of a kind -- the design and production of engraved seals -- bore no relation to the painting of pictures.

Like many ancient historians, Ammianus had a strong political and religious agenda to pursue, however, and he contrasted Constantius II with Julian to the former's constant disadvantage ; like all ancient writers he was skilled in rhetoric, and this shows in his work.

Like much of his mature work, it employs an idiosyncratic adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique that enables the composer to produce passages openly evoking tonality, including quotations from historical tonal music, such as a Bach chorale and a Carinthian folk song.

Like many artists, Watterson incorporated elements of his life, interests, beliefs and values into his work — for example, his hobby as a cyclist, memories of his own father ’ s speeches about ‘ building character ’, and his views on merchandising and corporations.

Like other ' hardboiled ' writers, Macdonald aimed to give an impression of realism in his work through violence, sex and confrontation ; this is illusory, however, and any real private eye undergoing a typical fictional investigation would soon be dead or incapacitated.

Like all catalysts, enzymes work by lowering the activation energy ( E < sub > a </ sub >< sup >‡</ sup >) for a reaction, thus dramatically increasing the rate of the reaction.

Like other architects who viewed the Wasmuth Portfolio and its associated exhibit, Mies was enthralled with the free-flowing spaces of inter-connected rooms which encompass their outdoor surroundings as demonstrated by the open floor plans of the American Prairie Style work of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Like Niggle, Tolkien faced many chores and duties that kept him from the work he loved ; and like Niggle, Tolkien was a horrible procrastinator.

Like Karl Marx, Lenin distinguished between the aspects of a revolution, the " economic campaign " ( labour strikes for increased wages and work concessions ), which featured diffused plural leadership ; and the " political campaign " ( socialist changes to society ), which required the decisive revolutionary leadership of the Bolshevik vanguard party.

Like in Aleksandrov ’ s Bright Path, the only choreography was the work the characters were doing on film.

Like many comics spun out of DC's 90's work, it incorporates the idea of the Christian God ( Jahve ) as the main antagonist of the series, serving as the creator who has left his creation.

Like Alan Wilson, Duane Allman played a key role in bringing slide guitar into rock music, through his work with The Allman Brothers Band, specifically on the 1971 live album At Fillmore East and with Derek and the Dominos ' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album.

Like the myths woven into her work, a myth surrounds the loss of Sappho ’ s complete oeuvre as well.

Like he had at Roosevelt College, Washington avoided radicalism and preferred to work through the party to invoke change.

Like the DS-XG. VxD drivers required for VL support of the DX-XG chipsets, these would work only on pre-NT kernel versions of Windows ( 9 # and ME ), and not on NT, 2000, XP, etc.

" Like Shakespeare, her work has been the subject of reams of criticism and many books.

Like other Southern Congressmen, Clay took slaves to Washington, DC to work in his household.

Like most jobs, a models salary is directly proportional to the market in which they work and the level of experience they may have.

Like all forms of literary criticism, psychoanalytic criticism can yield useful clues to the sometime baffling symbols, actions, and settings in a literary work ; however, like all forms of literary criticism, it has its limits.

Like other Native American groups, the Hopi have been influenced by Christianity and the missionary work of several Christian denominations.

Like many other inmates, his father was reported to have died of typhus in the work camp ; however, Tramiel believed he was killed by an injection of gasoline.

Like many mathematicians, Lyapunov preferred to work alone and communicated mainly with few colleagues and close relatives.