Many Albanians had been recruited into the Janissary, including the feudal heir George Kastrioti who was renamed Skanderbeg ( Iskandar Bey ) by his Turkish trainers at Edirne.

Many Albanians won fame and fortune as soldiers, administrators, and merchants in far-flung parts of the Empire.

Many Albanians gained prominent positions in the Ottoman government, Albanians highly active during the Ottoman era and leaders such as Ali Pasha of Tepelena might have aided Husein Gradaščević.

Many Arvanites find the designation " Albanians " offensive as they identify nationally and ethnically as Greeks and not Albanians.

" Many of those people were still being cited as distinct ethnic entities when the right bank of Kura was acquired by the Caucasian Albanians in 387 AD.

Many Albanians from Tirana and elsewhere spend their summer vacations on the beaches of Durrës.

Many Albanians participated in the Young Turks uprising, hoping that it would gain their people autonomy within the empire.

Many Albanians were recruited into the Ottoman Janissary and Devşirme and 42 Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire were of Albanian origin.

Many Albanians participated in the Young Turks uprising, hoping that it would gain their people autonomy within the empire.

Many Croatian generals were indicted for these atrocities — and had the wartime president Franjo Tudjman not died, he would have been indicted, according to Carla Del Ponte, chief attorney of the Haag court, Serbia is now home to more than 800. 000 refuges from Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, most of them are Serbs, but there are Roma ( who are, in most cases, settled in cardbox ghettos around Serbian cities ( most famous is Gazela situated under the Gazela bridge in Belgrade downtown )), Gorani, Albanians and Montenegrins as well.

Many Serbs and Albanians pledged their loyalty to the Austrians, some joining Ludwig's army.

Many Albanians were recruited into the Ottoman Janissary and Devşirme and 42 Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire were of Albanian origin.

Many Albanians come back to this village for a visit.

Many books of type-in programs were also available, and in particular, Ahl published versions of the original 101 BASIC games converted into the Microsoft dialect and published it from Creative Computing as " BASIC Computer Games ".

Many retired buses have been converted to static or mobile cafés, often using historic buses as a tourist attraction.

Many old retired buses have also been converted into mobile holiday homes and campers.

Many Jews converted to Christianity, however, prejudice against Jewish converts persisted and led many of these former Jews to move to the New World ( see History of the Jews in Latin America ).

Many years later, Ken and Tanaka return to Otakuland in a post-apocalyptic submerged Japan and find its central structure, a giant robot, converted into a functional spaceship piloted by their old otaku friends.

Many of the legendary stars ' dressing rooms are still standing today, converted into working offices.

Many empty office buildings have been converted to lofts and apartments ; for example, the office building of Harry Sinclair, the oil magnate involved with the Teapot Dome scandal, was converted to a co-op in 1979.

Many other forms of payment brought riches to the Holy See and its cardinals: tithes, a ten-percent tax on church property ; annates, the income of the first year after filling a position such as a bishopric ; special taxes for crusades which never took place ; and many forms of dispensation, from the entering of benefices without basic qualifications like literacy for newly appointed priests to the request of a converted Jew to visit his unconverted parents.

Many Muslims converted to Christianity and remained permanently in Iberia.

Many local nobles converted to Protestantism during the Protestant Reformation, but the region was converted back to Roman Catholicism during the Counter-Reformation.

Many native born Canadians of various ethnicities have converted during the last 50 years through the actions of the Ramakrishna Mission, ISKCON, Arya Samaj and other missionary organizations as well as due to the visits and guidance of Indian Gurus such as Guru Maharaj, Sai Baba, the controversial Rajneesh and others.

They can be trusted .” Many officers in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam converted to Catholicism in the belief that their military prospects depended on it.

Many of the lines are electric, several are diesel powered, while some of these are currently being converted to electric.

Many of the trend-setting European talkies were shot abroad as production companies leased studios while their own were being converted or as they deliberately targeted markets speaking different languages.

Many of the buildings including the main classroom building, the dining hall, the admissions building and the administration building are converted farm buildings that predate the college.

Many princesses from Western Europe, who converted to Orthodox Christianity and change their given names accordingly, were given the patronymic Fyodorovna not because their fathers were named Theodore but as an allegory based on the name of Theotokos of St. Theodore, the patron icon of the Romanov family.

Many traffic circles have been removed along Route 35 in recent years, including the Brielle Circle in 2001 and the Eatontown Circle, which were both converted into at-grade intersections with traffic lights, and the Victory Circle, which was replaced with an interchange between 2003 and 2006.

Many other notable buildings that survived the wartime bombings have been converted into apartments, suggesting that Poplar is joining other parts of East London in being gentrified.

Many of the pecan orchards have been converted from agricultural production for use as residential home sites.

Many barns were converted into cow houses and fodder processing and storage buildings after the 1880s.

Many factory retail outlets are scattered throughout the Harmon Cove industrial section, often located in warehouses or converted factories.

Many summer cottages and bungalows from that period remain, now converted to year-round use.

Many who side with this view disagree that Luke portrays Christianity or the Roman Empire as harmless and thus reject the apologetic view because “ Acts does not present Christians as politically harmless or law abiding for there are a large number of public controversies concerning Christianity, particularly featuring Paul .” For example, to support this view Cassidy references how Paul is accused of going against the Emperor because he is “ saying that there is another king named Jesus .” ( Acts 17: 7 ) Furthermore, there are multiple examples of Paul ’ s preaching causing uprisings in various cities ( Acts 14: 2 ; 14: 19 ; 16: 19-23 ; 17: 5 ; 17: 13-14 ; 19: 28-40 ; 21: 27 ).

Many Greek sculptures followed, notably the first purpose-built exhibition space, the Charles Towneley collection, much of it Roman Sculpture, in 1805.

Many of the Germanic people that filled the power vacuum left by the Western Roman Empire in the Early Middle Ages codified their laws.

Many of these maxims had originated in Roman Law, migrated to England before the introduction of Christianity to the British Isles, and were typically stated in Latin even in English decisions.

Many Roman aqueducts and bridges have masonry cladding on a concrete core, as does the dome of the Pantheon.

Many Slavic and Uralic languages refer to cumin as " Roman caraway ".

Many of the Scots who immigrated there were either Roman Catholics or Presbyterians, which can be seen in a number of island landmarks and place names.

Many biblical scholars conclude that Matthew 24: 15 and Mark 13: 14 are prophecies after the event about the siege of Jerusalem in AD 70 by the Roman general Titus ( see Dating of the Gospel of Mark ).

Many of these religious edifices are Christian in origin, with Roman Catholic structures particularly prevalent.

Many of Charles's subjects felt this brought the Church of England too close to the Roman Catholic Church.

Many cities east of the Tigris came under Roman control, including Tigranokert, Saird, Martyropolis, Balalesa, Moxos, Daudia, and Arzan – though under what status is unclear.

Many Protestants ( especially those belonging to the magisterial traditions, such as Lutherans, or those such as Methodists, that broke away from the Anglican Communion ) accept the teachings of the first seven councils but do not ascribe to the councils themselves the same authority as Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox do.

Many Protestant churches are now organized by either congregational or presbyterian church polities, both descended from the writings of John Calvin, a Protestant reformer working and writing independently following the break with the Roman Catholic Church precipitated by The Ninety-Five Theses of Martin Luther.

Many Roman writers seem to have composed epigrams, including Domitius Marsus, whose collection Cicuta ( now lost ) was named after the poisonous plant Cicuta for its biting wit, and Lucan, more famous for his epic Pharsalia.

Many original freestyle artists, and DJs such as Jellybean, Tony Torres, Raul Soto and Roman Ricardo, were of Puerto Rican ancestry, which was one reason for the style's popularity among Latino Americans and Italian Americans, especially in the New York City area.

Many prospecting areas were in dangerous, upland country, and, although mineral exploitation was presumably one of the main reasons for the Roman invasion, it had to wait until these areas were subdued.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

Many sectors were left in ruins and ancient monuments became fields of grass used as pastures for animals, thus the Roman Forum became the campo vaccinio: the field of cows.

Many of the Roman symbols both of war and of civil office date from his reign, and he was the first to celebrate a Roman triumph, after the Etruscan fashion, wearing a robe of purple and gold, and borne on a chariot drawn by four horses.

Many examples of such devices have been found in old Roman mines and some examples are now preserved in the British Museum and the National Museum of Wales.

Many clergy and lay people of Utrecht did not want to become one more formerly autonomous jurisdiction now under Roman control, however, many did.

Many practical Roman innovations were adopted from earlier designs.

Many churches, including the Roman Catholic Church, have stated that they have no objection in principle to fixing the date of Easter in this way, but no serious discussions have yet taken place on implementing such a change.