Many of the settings for Agatha Christie ’ s books were directly inspired by the many archaeological field seasons spent in the Middle East on the sites managed by her second husband Max Mallowan.

Many of Christie ’ s books and short stories both set in the Middle East and back in England have a decidedly otherworldly influence in which religious sects, sacrifices, ceremony, and seances play a part.

Many myths, particularly from the Near East, feature a god who dies and is resurrected ; this figure is sometimes called the " dying god ".

Many European nations chartered corporations to lead colonial ventures, such as the Dutch East India Company or the Hudson's Bay Company, and these corporations came to play a large part in the history of corporate colonialism.

Many of the remaining 10. 4 % were immigrants — or descendants of recent immigrants — from neighbour countries, Turkey, Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Asia, and from the Middle East.

Many words derived from Norse, such as " gate " ( gade ) for street, still survive in Yorkshire and the East Midlands ( parts of eastern England ) colonized by Danish Vikings.

Many Huns were employed as mercenaries by both East and West Romans and by the Goths.

Many ancient civilizations were influenced by the Silk Road, which connected China, India, the Middle East and Europe.

Many other companies wintered on the West Coast, escaping the weak light and short days that hampered winter shooting in the East.

Many peoples of the Near, Middle East and Central Asia claim Nasreddin as their own ( e. g., Turks, Afghans, Iranians, and Uzbeks ).

Many mobile shellfish stalls would set up near pubs, a practice that continues in London's East End.

Many others were captured and prosecuted by Allied authorities at the Nuremberg Trials for war crimes, and absconding SS criminals were the targets of police forces in various Allied nations, post-war West and East Germany, Austria, and Israel.

Many streets were specifically built for the large number of civil servants employed in the country's government and for the Dutchmen who were retiring from the administration and exploitation of the Netherlands East Indies.

Many streets are named after places in the Netherlands East Indies ( as well as other former Dutch colonies such as Suriname ) and there is a sizable " Indo " ( i. e. mixed Dutch-Indonesian ) community.

Many of the assertions put forth and conclusions reached by the authors are very controversial, ranging from the relationships between low measured intelligence and anti-social behavior, to the observed relationship between low African-American test scores ( compared to whites and East Asians ) and genetic factors in intelligence abilities.

Many of the East India Company records are freely available online under an agreement that the Families in British India Society have with the British Library.

Many revolution-themed songs, such as " Ode to the Motherland ", " Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman ", " The East Is Red " and " Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China " were either written or became extremely popular during this period.

Many of the practices of Orthodox Christian hermits and desert-dwellers were imitated in Sufism's growth in the center of the former-Christian lands of the Middle East.

Many of the city's more affluent residents, both black and white, left the city after the war, moving to neighboring Alameda, Berkeley, Albany and El Cerrito to the north ; to San Leandro, Hayward, Castro Valley and Fremont in Southern Alameda County ; and to the newly developing East Bay suburbs, Orinda, Lafayette, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Concord.

Many Egyptian books and films are available throughout the Middle East.

Many villages in South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North East Derbyshire, County Durham, South Wales and Northumberland are known as pit villages.

Many of the homes in the valley date from pre – World War II times, and only a select few areas, such as Federal Heights and the East Bench, as well as the far west side, including parts of Rose Park and Glendale, have seen new home construction since the 1970s.

( Many were living in East Germany, which would not allow them to be extradited.

Many of the residences in East Hancock were designed by prominent local architects.

Many Asian civilizations distinguish between art / court / classical styles and " folk " music, though cultures that do not depend greatly upon notation and have much anonymous art music must distinguish the two in different ways from those suggested by western scholars.

Many of the most critically acclaimed Asian films of all time were produced during this decade, including Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story ( 1953 ), Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy ( 1955 – 1959 ) and The Music Room ( 1958 ), Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu ( 1954 ) and Sansho the Bailiff ( 1954 ), Raj Kapoor's Awaara ( 1951 ), Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds ( 1955 ), Guru Dutt's Pyaasa ( 1957 ) and Kaagaz Ke Phool ( 1959 ), and the Akira Kurosawa films Rashomon ( 1950 ), Ikiru ( 1952 ), Seven Samurai ( 1954 ) and Throne of Blood ( 1957 ).

Many countries in the western Asian region used the Mesopotamian calendar from very early times, though the names of months varied.

Many other refugees from Iran and the Central Asian countries constituting the former Soviet Union have also settled in the city as economic migrants.

Many of the " Black Poor " were African Americans, who had been given their freedom after seeking refuge with the British Army during the American Revolution, but also included other West Indian, African and Asian inhabitants of London.

Many other elements of Japanese culture also may date from this period and reflect a mingled migration from the northern Asian continent and the southern Pacific areas.

Many restaurants now exist, however, that specialize in Japanese-style ramen, especially in major urban areas with large demand for Asian cuisine.

Many of these South Asian and Southeast Asian deer species also share their habitat with various herbivores such as Asian elephants, various Asian rhinoceros species, various antelope species ( such as nilgai, Four-horned antelope, blackbuck, and Indian gazelle in India ), and wild oxen ( such as wild Asian water buffalo, gaur, banteng, and kouprey ).

Many other East Asian traditions present something very similar to the apophatic approach: for example, the Tao Te Ching, the source book of the Chinese Taoist tradition, asserts in its first statement: the Tao (" way " or " truth ") that can be described is not the constant / true Tao.

Many American-born Chinese who initially did not have any Chinese language skills and who refused to date a fellow Asian, returned from the tour not only expressing a greater appreciation of Chinese language and culture but also a greater willingness to date within the Asian community.

Many eventually created their own cocktails and signature food dishes based on Asian themes.

Many of the smaller groups are found in the Asian part of Russia ( see Indigenous peoples of Siberia ).

Many other elements of Japanese culture also may date from this period and reflect a mingled migration from the northern Asian continent and the southern Pacific areas.

Many attempts to breed disease resistant cultivar hybrids have usually involved a genetic contribution from Asian elm species which have demonstrable resistance to this fungal disease.

Many ships from the Americas use this route to go important East Asian ports.

Many Asian Elephant, Gaur, Sambar, vulnerable Sloth Bears, Leopard, tiger and Wild Boars dwell in the forests of Karnataka.

Many were European or Asian migrants seeking fortune on the goldfields.

Many Southeast Asian ethnic Chinese also originated in the Chaoshan region of Guangdong province and speak Teochew, the variant of Southern Min from that region.

Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called mynas, and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescent plumage.